Migration

Dutch prisons are so empty they're being turned into homes for refugees

View of the former Bijlmerbajes prison, transformed into both "The Movement Hotel", staffed and run by asylum-seekers, and a center for asylum-seekers, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 19, 2017. Picture taken on September 19, 2017.  REUTERS/Cris Toala Olivares

Thanks to plummeting crime rates, Dutch authorities have come up with new ways to use the vacant cell blocks. Image: REUTERS/Cris Toala Olivares

Rob Smith
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