Some citizens who are migrants Coming home from Syria

                            

KOMPAS.com - During the year 2012, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs 1928 successfully repatriated citizens in the midst of the conflict in Syria.

repatriation efforts can not be separated from the form of awareness and responsibility Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the Embassy, ​​to the protection of citizens outside negeri.Dari total number of citizens, carrying 42 is a family Embassy, ​​80 students, and 1806 the majority of citizens who work as migrant workers.

citizen who had flown into the country through the facility GOI assistance until December 31, 2012 as many as 1582 people. Additionally Embassy also been able to help the handling of the complaint case 2540 included 225 cases of salary.

Of 2540 cases of the complaint, 82 percent have been completed and the rest are still in the process of such cases iqamah / residence permit Housemaid and the rest of the salary.

Due to the unfavorable conditions of Syria especially for employers who are in conflict or have fled abroad because of their security. This made it difficult for the Embassy to complete. However, the Embassy in cooperation with relevant parties in Syria and hired two lawyers Syria since July 2012, to address and solve the problems of the Housemaid, primarily related to salaries.

Since the crisis in Syria occurred Embassy in Damascus prepare three shelters scattered in the province of Damascus, Lattakia and Aleppo. The average arrival Housemaid to shelter Embassy in Damascus in particular, as many as 15-20 people per day since mid-2012.

Embassy in Damascus shelter capacity of 500 people and when the number Housemaid booming, Wisma Duta also be used as temporary shelters as it happened two times in the month of December 2012.

Ambassador to Syria, Wahib Abdul Jawad explained, "Since the Syrian crisis lasts, the number of cases handled by the Embassy Housemaid Damascus has increased notably in 2012 over the previous year," he said in a press press on Sunday (01/27/2013). "While there are some cases Housemaid in Syria that has not been completed, due to the constraints related to the local bureaucracy and the conditions were not conducive Syria," said Wahib.

Since early January 2013, the Embassy in Damascus has repatriated 302 citizens consisting of 7 Students and 295 people Housemaid, with 3 times of departure through Lebanon. To this day, the number of shelter Housemaid its Embassy in Damascus some 436 people, and there are 212 Housemaid is ready to be discharged this week through Lebanon. "They're just waiting for visa Lebanon alone," he said.