Pekerja Migran Indonesia: Dilema dan Problematika Keluarga Pekerja Migran Malaysia Di Kampung Tki Air Joman, Kabupaten Asahan Dari Perspektif Family System Bowen

Abstract

Working as migrant workers in Malaysia lms become one nf the most j’avored occupations in the society of Air Joman. These migrant w!orkers can also be analyzed from the aspects off economy. geography, politic, and culture. The research aims to find out the problems that occurred in Malaysia ’s migrant families vien’ed from tlte perspective of Bowen family. The research employs a qualitative descriptive approach. The result indicates that working in Malaysia as migrant worker has caused dilemmas end problems in the family. The relationship between each family member, as formulated by Boss!en in 8fomily concepts. makers it diji’cuh for the family members to anticipate and deal w'ith J’amily issues. The dilemma e.xperienced hy Malaysia ’s migrant workers is marked by the increase in fa drily economy and the destruction o[ marriage. While the problem occurred in the migrant fomily is marked hy hig family dispute, di orce, afl’airs betw'een in-l‹:rnas as well as changes in nurture patterns caused hy long-distance relationship› llndonesia-Malavsia) and psychological condition and stress on the family during the work. This condition leads to the disruption in the fomily structure ofMalaysia ’.s migrant family in Air Jomnii. Both dilemma and problems can he occurre‹l simultaneously' due to the mismatch between expectation and realit) asa result oJ’ working os Malaysia ’s migrant u’orker. As the consequences. there are tw'o different aspects occurred namely sadness ond happiness that can disrupt the uriit)• ufMalm›sia’s migrant famil).