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Refugee Housing: A New Life for Empty Prisons in the Netherlands | Via
Associated Press photographer Muhammed Muheisen has documented many of the men, women, and children displaced by unrest in the Middle East, and followed them as they made their way toward Europe. He often found himself wondering “What happens to migrants once they reach Europe?”, and heard about a program in the Netherlands where the government had started housing refugees in vacant prisons. Years of declining crime rates have left the Dutch government searching for ways to put its emptying prisons to good use, and as an influx of refugees reached the Netherlands, the former prisons have temporarily become their homes. Muheisen spent months trying to gain access to the prisons, then, once he was allowed in, he spent another 40 days visiting and photographing asylum seekers from dozens of countries inside these prisons, as they wait to find out what comes next for them.
Very interesting @ryanpanos. Quite surprised to realize that the prison is an actual Panopticon and this is not mentioned anywhere in the article. I find it gives the whole story an additional reading level and a deeper, maybe darker, meaning. It looks like this is the place: Koepelgevangenis (Dome or Panopticon Prison) in Arnhem.
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Event
Earlier this week I had a chance to visit Leiden, Netherlands, where along with Science Now, we’ve prepared a new exhibition for the Leiden Science Center (Oude Sterrewacht).
“Above and Beyond” celebrates the last 100 years of space exploration and creatively reaches out into the imaginary future. I’ve made several illustrations for the “Visions of the Future” section of the exhibition and I’ll share some more detailed preview soon.
If you happen to be in Amsterdam/Leiden/Hague area, drop by to check it out!
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i think my saddest moment as an Australian was finding out that the rest of the world doesn’t say “never eat soggy weetbix” to figure out the order of the compass
Put in the tags where you’re from and how you memorized the order of the compass
The Netherlands: “nooit oorlog zonder wapens” (never war without weapons) or “nooit opstaan zonder wekker” (never get up without an alarm)
EUROVISION DRINKING GAME!
UPDATED FOR THE FINAL!!!
Non-drinkers, substitute with sweets and chocolate. You’ll probably feel just as sick.
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![2013-04-21 [08] Wassenaar by Reinoud Kaasschieter on Flickr.Perfect purple rows cultivated for profi](https://64.media.tumblr.com/0da8520517a48eecfee32aa21992f0bb/tumblr_mlu3xxWyu21qzol82o1_640.jpg "2013-04-21 [08] Wassenaar by Reinoud Kaasschieter on Flickr.Perfect purple rows cultivated for profi")
2013-04-21 [08] WassenaarbyReinoud Kaasschieter on Flickr.
Perfect purple rows
cultivated for profit
hyacinth in bloom
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