ANALISIS TREND DAN DAMPAK PENGIRIMAN TKI: KASUS DUA DESA DI LOMBOK TIMUR, NUSA TENGGARA BARAT
ABSTRACT: Sending labor abroad
is not a new phenomenon in Indonesia. Poverty and lack ofjobs, particularly in
village areas, are the main reason why sending labor abroad is always happened
each year. East Lombok, West Nusa Tenggara, is one of good examples. Thousand
of peoples go abroad as workers in some of blue collar and domestic areas. Most
of them are uneducated and have no skills. They come to Malaysia as plantation
workers or to Saudi Arabia as servants. This field of works put them in a
disadvantage position. As reported by the media, Indonesian workers are always
the victims of their employer treatment, such as unpaid working, physically or
sexually abuse, or over hours working. This article examines the trend and the
impacts of sending workers abroad from two villages in East Lombok, West Nusa
Tenggara. As the research results, people in these villages go to Malaysia and
Saudi Arabia to get higher income, to earn money to build a house and to
fulfill their family needs. But there are some social and cultural impacts of
this process, such as stigma ofjamal (widow of a husband who went to Malaysia)
and durab (widower of a wife who went to Saudi Arabia), and divorce rate. Based
on this analysis, it is important for the Indonesian government to reconsider
sending workers abroad is the only solution for the employment' problems.
Penulis: Kurnia Novianti
Kode Jurnal: jpsosiologidd100117
