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Bijlmerbajes prison. Photo: Mig de Jong via Wikimedia Commons
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The redundant Bijlmerbajes prison in the
south east of Amsterdam is being converted into an asylum seekers centre, the
city council confirmed on Thursday.
The prison will house some 1,000 asylum
seekers for a period of up to 18 months from this summer, the council said. The
fence and part of the wall around the complex is being removed to fit the new
function.
The site of the prison has been earmarked for housing but work on
that development will not start until the end of 2017, hence the temporary use
as a refugee centre.
Two other refugee centres are also being established in
Amsterdam. One, in a building near the Ookmeer sports complex in Nieuw-West,
will be converted to take 800 refugees for a period of up to 10 years. It will
open in the second quarter of 2017.
The site of the third centre has not yet
been finalised.
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