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AMERICANALMANAC (Charles McAdams) - Transgender American who fled to the Netherlands now fears for safety at notorious Dutch asylum camp

A 48-year-old transgender American who left California seeking asylum in the Netherlands now says the Dutch refugee camp where she ended up is so dangerous she could be "hurt or killed", and she wants to come home. Jane-Michelle Arc, a software engineer from San Francisco, landed at the Ter Apel asylum center in the Netherlands, […] The post Transgender American who fled to the Netherlands now fears for safety at notorious Dutch asylum camp appeared first on American Almanac .

A 48-year-old transgender American who left California seeking asylum in the Netherlands now says the Dutch refugee camp where she ended up is so dangerous she could be "hurt or killed", and she wants to come home. Jane-Michelle Arc, a software engineer from San Francisco, landed at the Ter Apel asylum center in the Netherlands, a sprawling facility housing roughly 2,000 asylum seekers, where stabbings and violent brawls have grown so frequent that Red Cross volunteers temporarily stopped providing aid. The Red Cross said its workers felt "unsafe" and the violence "cannot be controlled." Arc told Dutch outlet Pow News that the camp environment terrifies her. She described men in yellow safety vests worn because of constant stabbings, and…Open

AMERICANALMANAC (Ken Jacobs) - Red Cross withdraws aid workers from Dutch asylum centre after stabbings, citing safety breakdown

The Red Cross has pulled its aid workers out of the Netherlands' main asylum seeker registration centre at Ter Apel, declaring that the safety of its employees "can no longer be guaranteed" after a wave of stabbings and harassment by migrants at the overcrowded facility. The decision marks a stark admission from one of the […] The post Red Cross withdraws aid workers from Dutch asylum centre after stabbings, citing safety breakdown appeared first on American Almanac .

The Red Cross has pulled its aid workers out of the Netherlands' main asylum seeker registration centre at Ter Apel, declaring that the safety of its employees "can no longer be guaranteed" after a wave of stabbings and harassment by migrants at the overcrowded facility. The decision marks a stark admission from one of the world's most recognized humanitarian organizations: conditions inside a European asylum centre have deteriorated so badly that even the people sent to help can no longer safely do the job. Local Red Cross director Harm Goossens called the withdrawal a "very drastic decision" driven by violence from what he described as "a small group of troublemakers." Multiple stabbings occurred at the centre in just over a week, and…Open