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Based on source story: Asia's migrant workers debate if Gulf jobs are worth deadly risk of Iran war from BBC News
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BBC News gives a fuller on Asia's migrant debate if jobs are worth deadly risk of war. Iran's strikes on states have been especially hard for migrants who have long supported these economies to lift their families back home from poverty.
The 49-year-old, who works in the Middle East as a domestic worker, is thousands of miles away from her home in the Philippines, where her husband and three. As wealthy states turned into targets of Iranian strikes because of the US military bases they host, expats left in large numbers, while tourists and travellers have.
What is still keeping her there is her salary. Filipino domestic in the Middle East earn a minimum wage of $500 a month, roughly four to five times more than what they would make in a.
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