Since last February, the conditions in Tripoli, Libya, do not get better. In some corners of the city was still sound barrage of bullets, the result of clashes between government troops and rebels. Helpless civilians caught in the middle of a firefight, including the 19 Indonesian citizens who choose to live in the capital.
Indonesian Ambassador to Tunisia, Muhammad Ibn Said, said the 19 is the Indonesian migrant workers who do not want to be evacuated back to the homeland. They had forgotten. If only the staff of the embassy in Tunisia did not ask if there are still remaining, the possibility of 19 people is never known to exist.
"They are remnants, scattered yet known to exist before," Saud said when contacted VIVAnews, Tuesday, August 23, 2011.
Women's 18 people, and one man. They work as maids, while men work as a gardener. They live in scattered settlements elite in Tripoli. "If it was not a rich man, will not be able to hire workers in Indonesia," said Said.
The various reasons put forward why they did not participate in the evacuation of citizens of Indonesia since last February. In fact, the evacuation carried out in three waves. TKI Protection Director Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA), Tatang Razak, said that until now have 926 citizens who successfully repatriated. A total of 646 of whom facilitated the Foreign Ministry, while the rest is self-supporting companies they work for.
Said said that most Indonesians plead not want to go home because it has not given a salary by their employers. In addition, they also lured big bonus if willing to stay until the end of the Eid al-Fitr. Said explained that most of their employers have gone out of Libya to take shelter, while the workers left to take care of children, parents, and keep house.
"I've told them 'money could be sought after, life was just one' but they still choose to stay," said Saud.
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