IN May, President Yudhoyono paid a surprise visit to the Indonesian overseas workers (TKI) Special Terminal III at Soekarno-Hatta Airport. Accompanied by the First Lady, he talked with a hundred female workers who had just arrived from the Middle East and Malaysia.

It was a lucky day for most of the migrant workers. They experienced no maltreatment and were not asked to pay illegal fees. The entire immigration process was carried out efficiently