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Laura Benshoff / WHYY The federal government has proposed more bed space in the Berks Family Residential Center a detail missing from one commissioner’s public statement last week about the center’s future. Berks County Commissioner Chair Christian Leinbach said the proposal’s “bottom line” was the county’s willingness to continue detaining families or just women migrants. But he didn’t mention the proposal for more beds, and the possibility of more detainees. ICE’s proposal is titled “White Paper Proposal for Additional Bed Space at the BCRC.” The 96-bed facility is also known as the Berks County Residential Center, or the BCRC. ....
Representational image | Photo: Getty Images The Asia Research Institute (ARI) of the National University of Singapore (NUS) has invited applications from citizens of Asian countries currently enrolled in a full-time MA or PhD degree at a university in an Asian country (except Singapore) for the award of the Asian Graduate Student Fellowship (AGSF) for participation in the 16 The Fellowship is offered to graduate students working in the Humanities and Social Sciences on Southeast Asian topics. The opportunity will allow the recipients to connect with NUS on a virtual fellowship for a period of six weeks. Themes broadly reflecting (though not limited to) the core research strengths of the Asia Research Institute, include the Asian dynamics of religion, politics, economy, gender, culture, language, migration, urbanism, science and technology, identities, population and social change. ....