<![CDATA[Returned Indonesian migrant workers who have experienced labor exploitation may face overlapping psychosocial, economic, and family reintegration challenges. This article examines an eleven-month community service partnership between Universitas Muhammadiyah Bengkulu and PCIM Hong Kong that linked pre-return identification and accompaniment in Hong Kong with post-return assistance in Bengkulu Province. The participatory, strengths-based program enrolled 45 returned workers (40 women and five men) and involved 12 family members in a family reintegration track. Implementation combined trauma-informed group psychosocial support, financial literacy education, participatory micro-business planning, and peer-support group formation. Program monitoring drew on pre- and post-intervention self-report assessments, observations, focus group discussions, and interviews. All 45 workers completed the psychosocial and financial literacy modules. Participants developed 28 individual or group micro-business plans, 19 of which had become operational by November 2025 (67.9% of plans). Three peer-support groups were established in Bengkulu City, Seluma, and Central Bengkulu. The final report describes improvements in self-reported wellbeing, self-efficacy, household financial planning, and family communication, although numerical baseline and follow-up scores were not available for independent effect-size estimation. Participants with more severe exploitation histories showed more limited perceived psychosocial improvement. The program illustrates the practical value of a cross-border referral-to-reintegration pathway combining diaspora access and origin-country facilitation. Future implementation should strengthen severity-sensitive psychosocial referrals, longer-term outcome monitoring, and access to business finance.]]>
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