Local authorities in southwest China's Yunnan Province have apologized for cremating the victims of a landslide without their families' approval.

中国西南部云南省当地官方，就未经家属同意便将山体滑坡事故遇难者遗体火化一事致歉。

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"For many of the young people who are here, this is the first time they've been away from home," Geng said. "without their families, they're left without direction."

“很多在这工作的年轻人是第一次离开家，”耿玉斌说，“没有家人在身边，便没有人指导。”

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Some families go without medical treatment because of their inability to pay.

有些家庭因无力支付医疗费用而得不到医治。

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He believes some of his own police are actually involved in these transfers, in other words, taking them from Kirkuk and moving them to prisons in the north where often months will go by without their families hearing from them.

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Once that happens, it is difficult to repatriate those whose applications are eventually turned down without punishing their families.

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They tend to have too little savings to pay for even a couple of years of care without impoverishing themselves and their families, and too much to qualify for Medicaid.

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