This research is motivated by the increasing cases of rights violations and exploitation against Indonesian Migrant Workers (PMI) in Cambodia during 2023–2025, revealing a gap between legal norms and their implementation. It aims to analyze the forms of legal protection and law enforcement efforts for PMI victims of rights violations and exploitation in Cambodia. A qualitative method with a juridical-empirical approach was applied through interviews and document studies of BP3MI Banten and Satreskrim Polresta Bandara Soekarno-Hatta data, analyzed descriptively-analytically. Results show that Law Number 18 of 2017 regulates protection before, during, and after employment, yet implementation remains suboptimal due to weak supervision and high non-procedural migration. Legal handling remains curative through repatriation, without addressing illegal recruitment networks. Strengthened preventive policy and bilateral cooperation are needed.
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