8 - In Indonesia, organizations worked with local governments to improve the delivery and management of services, providing support to migrant workers and prevent trafficking, work that is not reflected yet in advocacy efforts at the regional or national levels. Organizations also pushed policy makers to collect accurate data, to keep monitoring migrant workers’ flows at the local level as well as to develop reintegration programs to empower returnees. (Migrant Forum in Asia, 2021) - MFA and other non-governmental organisations also requested the creation of a Working Group to collaborate on sharing experiences and lessons learned about the impact of COVID19 on migrants, migration and development through the Global Forum on Migration and Development. 15 Among others, the Working Group should have contributed to the promotion of concrete partnerships among different actors to address the impact of pandemics on migration and development. Despite some initial efforts, however, works are now at a standstill (Migrant Forum in Asia, 2021) 15 https://www.gfmd.org/gfmd-ad-hoc-working-group-impacts-covid-19-migrants-migration-anddevelopment Disclaimer: The figures, statistics within the report are based upon the limited documentation of cases submitted to the JFWT platform or separately to MFA. It does not intend to implicate any country, government, industry, employer, etc.

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