asylum

May 18, 2016

Netherlands’ empty prisons serving as centers for asylum seekers

Matt Bracken 0 Comment The Baltimore Sun asylum, migrants, Netherlands, prisons

With crime declining in the Netherlands, the country is looking at new ways to fill its prisons. The government has let Belgium and Norway put prisoners in its empty cells and now, amid the huge flow of migrants into Europe, several Dutch prisons have been temporarily pressed into service as asylum seeker centers.

August 23 Photo Brief: Violence in Mexico, beating the heat in Macedonia and snuggling pandas

Aug 23, 2012

August 23 Photo Brief: Violence in Mexico, beating the heat in Macedonia and snuggling pandas

Robert Hamilton 0 Comment Daily Brief, The Baltimore Sun Animation and Comics Fair, asylum, Austrailia, Beijing, Berlin, Berlin Cathedral, Chile, cosplay, fashion, Free Trade Agreement, London, Macedonia, Mexico, Nepal, Netherlands, Nur Nadir, panda, Qixi Fesitval, Santiago, Sierra Leone, Skopje, South Africa, South Korea, Sydney, Vienna

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Mexican authorities shoot it out with criminals, a mother panda cuddles with her cub in Vienna, mourners gather for miners slain in South Africa and more in today’s daily brief.
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