Indonesia's population is the world's fourth-largest, and due to a shortage of domestic jobs, many Indonesians seek employment overseas.

They are prone to exploitation, extortion, physical and sexual abuses and human trafficking.

Migrant Indonesian men mostly work on plantations, in the construction or transportation industries or in the service sector.

However, cases of underage workers attaining employment with the aid of falsified documents have been reported.

Currently Malaysia employs the largest numbers of Indonesian migrant workers, followed by Taiwan, Saudi Arabia, Hong Kong, and Singapore.