JAKARTA - Indonesia’s Ministry for the Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers, known as KP2MI, inaugurated Kalimantan’s first Migrant Center at Universitas Lambung Mangkurat in Banjarmasin on June 23, the ministry said in an official release.
ULM Rector Prof. Ahmad Alim Bachri said the centre would provide four main services: information on overseas job opportunities and safe migration procedures, skills and foreign-language training, competency certification aligned with international standards, and job matching with overseas labour needs.
The centre is intended for students, alumni and members of the public seeking legal overseas work pathways.
The launch followed an earlier KP2MI-ULM agreement to establish a campus-based Migrant Centre. In an April 29 release, ULM said the centre would integrate overseas vacancy information, job mentoring, vocational information and placement information for Indonesian migrant workers.
Minister Mukhtarudin said ULM would serve as a model for campus-based migrant worker preparation in Borneo. “ULM is the first university in Kalimantan to have a Migrant Center. It will become a pilot for developing the migrant worker ecosystem in Borneo,” he said in remarks reported by Indonesia’s state-owned agency Antara.
KP2MI said SISKOP2MI data recorded 679 placements of migrant workers from South Kalimantan from 2023 to June 20, 2026. The ministry also said it had handled 35 complaints from migrant workers from the province, tying the new centre to both preparation and protection.
Nationally, KP2MI said SISKOP2MI recorded 439,543 placement services from January 2025 to June 21, 2026. The five main destination markets were Taiwan, Malaysia, Hong Kong, Japan and Singapore.
The centre gives South Kalimantan a formal access point for workers seeking overseas employment through documented channels. KP2MI has been pushing campus partnerships as a way to prepare more skilled workers for professional and formal sectors abroad.
ULM said the centre is expected to connect higher education with international labour demand. Its role will depend on how training, certification and placement information are linked to recognised overseas job channels and worker protection services.
