NEW DELHI/MANILA/JAKARTA -- Ever since a U.S. drone strike killed Iran's top military official, Swapna Tarafdar's family has urged her to return home to India. But Tarafdar, like millions of Asians living and working in the Middle East, says she is not going anywhere.
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For Asian migrants in the Gulf, better pay trumps US-Iran fears
Indians and Filipinos among those sending billions of dollars home each year
For workers from Asia, the promise of better jobs outweighs potential risks in the Middle East. (Nikkei Montage/Source photos by AP and Reuters)
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