Jakarta, March 8 -- The Ministry of Communication and Digital Affairs has teamed up with the Ministry of Protection of Indonesian Migrant Workers (P2MI) to strengthen cyber surveillance to protect Indonesian migrant workers (PMI) from exploitation and human trafficking.

In a press statement issued on Friday, Communication and Digital Affairs Minister Meutya Hafid informed that her ministry has developed a cyber monitoring system to detect sites and social media accounts suspected of carrying out illegal recruitments.

"The challenge is to accelerate the take-down process," she added during a meeting with Minister of P2MI Abdul Kadir Karding, the same day.

Based on data from the P2MI Ministry, in 2023, more than five million workers went...