Convicts forced to work in one German prison have started to refuse food - the only means they have of protesting against miserable wages and missing welfare payments.
Bavaria is to make sweeping changes to how it deals with asylum applicants, the online edition of <i>Der Spiegel</i> reported Tuesday, two days after police cleared a camp of 50 hunger-strikers, many of whom were in a critical condition.
Police in Munich moved in early Sunday morning to clear a camp of asylum seekers who have been on hunger strike for a week. Talks broke down late on Saturday night after it emerged the protesters would not be granted residence permits.
