The Empowerment of Post-Indonesian Migrant Workers’ Family Through a Productive Migrant Village Program (Desmigratif)

The Productive Migrant Village Program (Desmigratif) is a breakthrough effort by the Ministry of Manpower in collaboration with various institutions to empower, improve services and provide protection for Indonesian Migrant Workers/Migrant Worker applicants in villages that become migrant worker enclaves. Empowerment through Desmigratif program applies 4 (four) main pillars as a reference for community empowerment. The purpose of this study is to find out the empowerment of the Productive Migrant Village (Desmigratif) program. The research method used in this research is descriptive research with a qualitative approach. Data collection methods used were interviews, observation and documentation. The analytical method used in this study is data collection, data condensation, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The focus of this research is the process of empowering post-migrant family empowerment through the Desmigratif program and the stakeholders involved in this empowerment process. The results showed that the empowerment process included the implementation of the Desmigratif program in Bedali village, is providing information and migration services, developing productive businesses, facilitating the formation of a parenting community and facilitating the formation and the development of cooperatives / financial institutions. The stakeholders also involve in the development of the Desmigratif program are the local village government, the person in charge or the companio. And the postIndonesian Migrant Worker community can succeed and maximize this Desmigratif program. Keywords—empowerment, Indonesian migrant workers, the productive migrant village program