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22-year-old Attas is currently living with 70 other homeless migrants in an abandoned office building in Amsterdam. The Dutch govenment this week rejected a UN call to assist  illegal homeless migrants by providing food and shelter.

Homeless migrants in Amsterdam are stuck in a cold limbo

January 2, 2015Global Politics

Some African migrants who are seeking asylum in the Netherlands are facing a crisis of their own. This week the Dutch government rejected a request from the United Nations to provide thousands of homeless migrants with basic food and shelter.

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