<![CDATA[Every citizen has the right to get a decent job and livelihood for humanity. In order to get a decent job and livelihood, everyone has the same opportunity without discrimination to get a job. The work in question is the main activity carried out by everyone with the aim of earning income to meet the needs in their lives to fulfill a decent life for humanity. Everyone, as a worker, in addition to working in the country, also has the right to work abroad. Indonesian workers who work outside Indonesian territory are migrant workers. Various reasons for Indonesian migrant workers to work abroad such as the job opportunity factor where the workforce considers that in the country job opportunities are very small and finding a job is very difficult compared to finding and working abroad, then related to labor wages, workers think that the labor wage abroad is greater than the labor wage in the country, Besides that, with regard to protection for workers, workers consider that the protection of workers is better than the protection of workers working in the country. Indonesian migrant workers are one of the largest foreign exchange contributors for the Government of Indonesia, even though as one of the largest foreign exchange contributors, there are many problems faced by Indonesian migrant workers who work abroad. What will be studied in this study is the mechanism for placing Indonesian migrant workers abroad, and what are the forms of protection for Indonesian migrant workers abroad. This study uses a normative juridical research method. The results of this study are expected to be used as a reference both for regulators and for Indonesian migrant workers abroad. Keywords: abroad, migrant workers, legal protection]]>
