Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
Universitas Muhammadiyah Yogyakarta, Indonesia.
The issue of human trafficking in Indonesia experiences a lot problem such as forced labor, sexual exploitation, to child trafficking. Hence, Indonesia needs to cooperate with other party to combat the issue, including international organization like IOM. This study aims to examine the discourse regarding human trafficking in Indonesia by the official Twitter account of @IOMIndonesia, focusing on its role in raising awareness about human trafficking. In addition to analyzing social media data, this manuscript also conducts an important literature review on human trafficking eradication in Indonesia, providing a comprehensive understanding of this issue. This study utilizes Institutional Liberalism theory and the concept of human trafficking to investigate the issue and the roles of IOM. This study also employed a qualitative research methodology, especially Q-DAS, and NVivo 12 Plus software to visualized data from the IOMIndonesia Twitter account, ranging from July 2015 to March 2023. The finding of this study indicate that the account of @IOMIndonesia experienced a significant increase in the amount of posts submitted in the year 2016, mainly due to an increase in reported incidents. Furthermore, @IOMIndonesia account received the greatest proportion of mentions, particularly from accounts such as @unmigration, @IOMAsiapacific, and @stateprm, who were engaged in discussions on the Asia Regional Migration Program. Furthermore, IOM Indonesia is actively advocating for migration and safeguarding the rights of migrants in the Asia Pacific region. They employ hashtags such as #IOMAsiaPacific, #Indonesia, #migration, and #covid19 to enhance public awareness and combat the issue of human trafficking.
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