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US-Israel war on Iran puts foreign workers in the Gulf at greater risk and raises the cost of going home

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Tens of millions of foreign workers have helped build the Gulf Arab states’ modern, oil-fueled economies—with many not fully sharing in their prosperity. Now they face an even sharper dilemma: Keep working in the Middle East, where wages are far higher, hoping that a shaky ceasefire endures; or, return to already poor countries where prices have soared because of the conflict.


To read this story, visit The Associated Press website.


We thank the Global News Gaps Project of the Google News Institute for providing us access to AP.




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US-Israel war on Iran puts foreign workers in the Gulf at greater risk and raises the cost of going home

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