Belgium calls up army to cover prison guard strike over budget cuts


  • World
  • Monday, 09 May 2016

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Belgium has called up the military to assist in prisons where guards have been on strike for two weeks over what they say is dangerously low staffing due to budget cuts.

Six platoons of 30 soldiers have been mobilised to help police and the Red Cross who are currently at work in prisons in Brussels and the French-speaking region of Wallonia, where prison officers are striking.

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