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PHOTO BY SUSANNA FROHMAN. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. 01.17.01 Immediately upon awakening on the living room floor, two ethnic Chin refugees from Burma begin to pray, as a third one sleeps. Forty-one Christian Chin men share the temporary home on the south pacific island of Guam, having fled religious and political persecution in Burma. The men are among the 700 Burmese refugees who have come to the U.S. territory in the past six months. Approximatley 800 Burmese are now waiting for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to grant or refuse their asylum requests. NO SALES, NO MAGAZINES, NO TV.

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PHOTO BY SUSANNA FROHMAN. SAN JOSE MERCURY NEWS. 01.17.01 Immediately upon awakening on the living room floor, two ethnic Chin refugees from Burma begin to pray, as a third one sleeps. Forty-one Christian Chin men share the temporary home on the south pacific island of Guam, having fled religious and political persecution in Burma. The men are among the 700 Burmese refugees who have come to the U.S. territory in the past six months. Approximatley 800 Burmese are now waiting for the Immigration and Naturalization Service to grant or refuse their asylum requests. NO SALES, NO MAGAZINES, NO TV.