This study examines the role of the Batam City Manpower Office in the protection of migrant workers in the city of Batam, as well as the factors that influence migrant worker protection in the city of Batam. The migration factor reflects the large number of residents from outside the Batam city area who come to work in Batam. Workers from outside of Batam Batam has been designated as an industrial work environment and is supported by BP or the Batam City Concession Agency, according to Presidential Decree No. 113 of 2000 concerning the Batam City Industrial Area. With these regulations and Presidential Decrees, Batam has become an autonomous region, which is now led by the mayor, in accordance with Government Regulation Number 62 of 2019 concerning Batam's Free Trade Zones and Free Ports. The maladministration of unscrupulous migrant worker smugglers in Batam, on the other hand, is documented in a report from the Ombudsman of the Republic of Indonesia representing the Riau Islands, who states that there are unscrupulous migrant workers who come from port officials who help in the process of smuggling migrant workers. According to a qualitative approach, the problem of protecting migrant workers is frequently influenced by issues of authority and the number of government agencies involved.