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"Enforcement efforts in California and Texas over the years have pushed migrants into dangerous terrain in Arizona without easy access to food and water." sfgate.com/news/article/Arizโ€ฆ

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"Humanitarian groups like No More Deaths leave water jugs and other provisions in remote parts of southern Arizona in hopes of saving lives in a region where nearly 3,400 migrant deaths have been documented since 2004."
More than 4.5 million people in the war-torn region need emergency food assistance, [...]. A total of 2.2 million people have been displaced since the conflict erupted in early November, more than twice the number prior to the violence. bloomberg.com/news/articles/โ€ฆ

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While Xi Jinping has "promised" 60-40 sharing, the arbitral tribunal has already invalidated China's claims meaning they are entitled to 0%. The constitution also states that resources in EEZ shall be for exclusive use of Filipinos meaning 100%. Read: philstar.com/headlines/2019/โ€ฆ
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"It's been 19 years since the fall of Camp Abubukar, but the struggle does not end with the death of revolutionaries. The struggle never ends for the oppressed." 19 yrs ago, Estrada declared an all-out war, displacing about a 1M people. The war cost P6-B. philstar.com/other-sections/โ€ฆ

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ReliefWeb: FAO supports Philippines in strengthening climate change adaptation in agriculture - Philippines. reliefweb.int/report/philippโ€ฆ

Philippine Star: โ€˜Financial aid to farmers to ensure food securityโ€™. philstar.com/headlines/2019/โ€ฆ