Government Urged to Guarantee Safety of Migrant Workers
The Executive Director of Migrant CARE, Wahyu Susilo, has urged the Indonesian government to immediately ensure the safety of migrant workers in the Middle East following the US-Israeli military strikes against Iran.
“By opening information and complaint channels in war-affected regions and continuously updating the situation,” said Wahyu in a written statement on Sunday, 1 March 2026.
The United States and Israel conducted military operations against Iran on Saturday, 28 February 2026, targeting Iran’s top leadership and escalating the conflict in the Middle East.
Wahyu stated that the military escalation in the Middle East could directly impact hundreds of thousands of migrant workers residing there. According to him, the conflict has created uncertainty and caused fear amongst migrant workers located near conflict zones, leaving them feeling unsafe and under constant threat.
In response to this situation, Migrant CARE also urged the government to prepare contingency measures and plans for the safety of Indonesian migrant workers in the region.
Multiple explosions were reported in Tehran, Iran’s capital, on Saturday morning, 28 February 2026, following Israeli strikes. A US official told Al Jazeera that the strikes on Iran were conducted as a joint military operation between the United States and Israel.
Explosions were also reported in Qatar, Kuwait, Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and Manama, Bahrain, which hosts a US military base, on 28 February 2026. This occurred after missiles were launched from Iran towards Israel following the US and Israeli strikes, according to officials cited by Anadolu and Al Jazeera.
Following the strikes, Qatar, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates closed their airspace. Bahrain confirmed that the headquarters of the US Navy’s Fifth Fleet had been targeted by missile strikes. Iraq, which borders Iran, also closed its airspace to prevent stray fire, while sirens sounded in Jordan to alert citizens to emergency status.
The Embassy of the Islamic Republic of Iran in Jakarta, in a statement sent to media outlets on Saturday, 28 February 2026, characterised the joint US and Israeli strikes on civilian locations and vital infrastructure in Tehran and several other cities as violations of Iran’s territorial integrity and national sovereignty.
According to the Embassy, the strikes also violated Article 2, Paragraph 4 of the UN Charter and constituted a clear act of aggression against the Islamic Republic of Iran.
“Responding to such aggression is a legitimate and lawful right of the Islamic Republic of Iran under Article 51 of the UN Charter. The Armed Forces of the Islamic Republic of Iran will fully exercise this right to defend territorial integrity and national sovereignty by delivering a firm and strong response to aggression by the Zionist regime and the United States,” the Iranian Embassy stated.
As a founding member of the UN, whose primary objective is to prevent aggression, breaches of peace, and threats to peace, the Islamic Republic of Iran has emphasised the responsibility of the UN Security Council to immediately take action in response to breaches of international peace and security caused by the overt aggression of the Zionist regime against Iran.
The Islamic Republic of Iran has called upon the Chair and members of the Security Council to take immediate steps on this matter.