The violence that often was experienced by the Indonesian guest workers in his workplace caused the concern for the Indonesian nation. Moreover, not rare of them who experienced mistreatment to result in died. According to the Migrant Care data, the number of the Indonesian guest workers who died in his workplace year around 2007 reached 122 people.
The Indonesian government better more played an active role in anticipating the bad possibility that happened to Indonesian guest workers in the aim country of their place worked. One of the efforts that was hoped for by non-governmental organizations and the People’s Representative Council was government participation to make the MOU (memorandum of understanding) with the aim countries of the Indonesian guest workers.
The Indonesian guest workers who often experienced the violence most were proffesional as the servant / caretaker. So, the People’s Representative Council member from the Kebangkitan Bangsa Faction, Badriyah Fayumi, said that although the servant / caretaker were the workers from the informal sector, but the government continued to be able to urge the country - the other country to make the MOU.
She added, in this MOU could be included concerning the rights that was owned by the Indonesian guest workers, among them the right for holiday, the right to contact the Indonesian delegation, and might not to the existence of the violence that was carried out by his employer.
Moreover, in this MOU better also included the problem of the culture in the place country of the Indonesian guest workers worked. For example, the culture in the Saudi Arabia considered that the person outside their group was lower his strata, especially the servants / caretakers. So, often the servants experienced mistreatment.
The Indonesian government got remmitance as big as US$ 6,5 billion per the year from these Indonesian guest workers. The government quoted US$ 15 as the protection fund from each departing Indonesian guest workers. According to the temporary data BNP2, the number of Indonesian guest workers who was despatched by as many as 4,9 million people.

