Newsroom 		Philippines: urgent appeal for emergency assistance to the displaced in Mindanao
Mindanao, 12 January 2012 – Just days before Christmas, more than 100,000 families' holiday season and hopes for the new year were washed away with the flash flood that struck the northern coast of Mindanao, Philippines.

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Newsroom 		Philippines: flash flood kills thousands
Mindanao, 28 December 2011 – The flashflood came like a thief in the night engulfing houses and villages along the river and sweeping all into the sea. More than a thousand have died with another thousand more missing. Some bodies were found floating along the islands further up the northern coast of Mindanao. In Cagayan de Oro, unclaimed bodies were buried as the stench became unbearable and contamination a risk. A week after the disaster, there is still no running water in the city.
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Newsroom 		Cambodia: refugees release statement on International Human Rights Day
Phnom Penh, 10 December 2011 – Leading up to International Human Rights Day 2011, asylum-seekers and refugees living in Cambodia met to discuss what they would like to do to raise their voices on this global day of action. A brain-storming session was held at the JRS office and many community members representing the Rohingya, Somalia, Vietnam, Pakistan, Burma and others joined together to prepare a statement expressing solidarity with refugees around the world, and to remind the international community that refugee rights, are human rights.
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Newsroom 		Asia Pacific: from our director: no room for them at the inn
Asia Pacific, 9 December, 2011 – Christians will remember and re-live this day when God chose humanity-divinity in one act to take His place in the realities of human history. We will hear from Luke’s Gospel (2:6-7), “…While they were there, the time came for the baby to be born, and she gave birth to her firstborn, a son. She wrapped him in cloths and placed him in a manger, because there was no room for them in the inn.”
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Newsroom 		Philippines: overcoming conflict
Philippines, 9 December, 2011 – Imee Manginsay is the executive director of MuCARRD (Muslim-Christian Agency for Advocacy Relief, and Development), in the Philippines. She, along with others, took some time to answer questions about what is happening in the Philippines and what MuCARRD and JRS are doing to help.
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Newsroom 		Asia Pacific: what’s in a name?
Asia Pacific, 9 December, 2011 – For one man living in Iran, being forced to choose a Persian name for his daughter was just one reason to reform Iran, before he had to flee.
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Newsroom 		Indonesia: reaching out
Aceh, 9 December, 2011 – JRS’ work in Aceh, Indonesia comes to a close. Don Doll, SJ, shares his photos of our work there.
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Newsroom 		Thailand: finally facing good things
Bangkok, 9 December, 2011 – Alone in detention, Theresa survived for her unborn daughter. Now she lives for the future she forgot she had.

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Newsroom 		Thailand: see what I see
Bankok, 9 December 2011 – So often the lives and stories of refugees and asylum seekers are told through the people who know them. We at JRS focus on telling those stories but understand the power of people telling their own stories. Seven urban asylum seekers who JRS works with in Bangkok photographed their lives for two months. These are the photos and the words they chose. They are from different countries and left for different reasons. They range from 16–45 years old. But they all now live in Bangkok, waiting for resettlement.

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Newsroom 		Cambodia: crying in Cambodia
Siem Reap, 9 December 2011 – The letters, words and photos of people who were there when JRS first started working in Cambodia prior to the peace accords in 1991 and some of what they have done since.

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