343320 Europe Media Monitor (EMM) reads and analyses around 40.000 new news items per day from around 1000 sites worldwide. The text of the items, extracted using EMM's own text extraction algorithm, is indexed using Lucene (see http://lucene.apache.org). Please make sure your area of interest is not already covered by one of the pre-defined categories (alerts). If it is, we kindly ask you to use the feed from that category as this significantly reduces the load on our system. This site is a joint project of DG-JRC and DG-COMM. The information on this site is subject to a disclaimer (see http://europa.eu/geninfo/legal_notices_en.htm). Please acknowledge EMM when (re)using this material http://ec.europa.eu/echo/where/asia-and-pacific/thailand_enThailand, Malaysia, and Indonesia are the largest host countries for refugees in southeast Asia. Nonetheless, they are not signatories to the 1951 Convention relating to the Status of Refugees. Although these countries may be willing to increase protection space, which will result in a more....Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:24:00 +0100EC-91ac76853c263c513ee6cbda6204331920190116042400https://reliefweb.int/report/indonesia/amda-emergency-relief-5-sunda-strait-tsunami-indonesiaThe joint team of AMDA Indonesia and AMDA Headquarters has conducted this relief activities under the initiative of Professor Husni Tanra, the Chairperson of AMDA Indonesia, since 24th December 2018. On 31st December, based on information from the Medical Cluster of Pandeglang Regency in Banten, the AMDA team visited the village of Panimbang.Wed, 16 Jan 2019 04:20:00 +0100reliefWeb-cc7adb20d00c0dbc45202f1c1308903320190116042000https://reliefweb.int/report/world/2018-year-review-responding-and-preparing-disasters-across-asia-pacificOverview. Asia-Pacific remains the world's most disaster-prone region and, in 2018, natural disasters once again affected millions of people. During the year the region experienced a number of sudden-onset disasters that prompted international responses, including Tropical Cyclone Gita in Tonga (February), a 7.Tue, 15 Jan 2019 18:43:00 +0100reliefWeb-f2cedbdac7f17d97796d3f8656ddfd5220190115184300https://www.thejakartapost.com/news/2019/01/15/new-bnpb-head-wants-tni-to-guard-disaster-warning-devices.htmlA string of deadly tsunamis and earthquakes that devastated Indonesia last year has served as a wake-up call for the government to go the extra mile in improving risk management and early warning systems in the disaster-prone country. President Joko "Jokowi" Widodo gathered his Cabinet members and....Tue, 15 Jan 2019 08:11:00 +0100JakartaPost-11113b8f7a476d15c4cc949fbb9258e520190115081100