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Far From Home, Millions of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Are Trapped by War

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By Ashley Westerman Verified
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Far From Home, Millions of Migrant Workers in the Gulf Are Trapped by War Published March 20, 2026 When Daffodils Guevarra first arrived in Dubai to work as a general practitioner nearly 20 years ago, she was afraid.
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Far from home, millions of migrant workers in the Gulf are trapped by war

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By Ashley Westerman Verified
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Updated March 17, 2026 at 12:03 PM PDT When Daffodils Guevarra first arrived in Dubai to work as a general practitioner nearly 20 years ago, she was afraid. Not only had she traveled over 4,500 miles from her home in Pasig, Philippines, to get there, but she'd also heard the Middle East, with its seemingly constant upheaval, was "a scary place." "But once I landed in Dubai and I met the people over here, I realized it was a wonderful safe place," Guevarra, 53, told NPR.
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