THE PROTECTION OF IRREGULAR MIGRANT WORKERS IN ACCESSING HEALTH CARE SYSTEM Learning from Dutch Health Care System for Irregular Indonesian migrant workers by Yasmine Soraya 1 ABSTRACT It is an obligatory to have insurance in the Netherlands, not only for all residents but also for migrants who come to the Netherlands. Even though it’s an obligatory, we still can find people living in the Netherlands without any insurance, some of them are irregular workers from Indonesia. It is difficult for irregular citizens to get a social security number and insurance, even though so, health care is still possible to be accessed. De ZorginstituutNederlands (ZIN) or the National health care institute in the Netherlands provides a support for the irregular citizens to access health care. Such access is implemented based on Dutch regulation which stated that every person in the Netherlands is entitled to health care. The irregular migrants can go to every family doctor when they are sick and to midwife when they are pregnant, also they can be referred to the selected hospital for further treatment. For the payment of the health care treatment’s bills, ZIN provides also a support which the irregular migrants can pay only for some amounts or get free of charge if they cannot afford the bills. Dutch system, as one of the best health care system in Europe, could be referred as role model for other countries’ health care system in Southeast Asia. The article will specifically explain and discuss on Dutch health care system for Indonesian irregular migrant workers. Keywords: Indonesian irregular migrant workers, Dutch health care system, public health act, zorgverzekeringswet, koppelingswet 1 Task Force Driver Indonesian Diaspora Network Netherlands. Email: ysoraya@yahoo.com