Gulf migrant workers face tough choices amid Mideast war
The US and Israel's war on Iran is also hitting migrant workers who live in the Gulf region, often accepting harsh controls and little in the way of rights in return for the kind of pay they'd never see back home. Now though, they have a choice -...
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The US and Israel's war on Iran is also hitting migrant workers who live in the Gulf region, often accepting harsh controls and little in the way of rights in return for the kind of pay they'd never see back home. Now though, they have a choice - stay and risk their lives in an active war zone, or return home - likely to poorer nations struggling with the fallout from that same war as living costs spiral and an energy crisis endures, making for some difficult decisions.
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