>Town requests detainees

美小鎮擬靠囚犯拉就業

Hardin, a small town in Montana in the US is requesting to receive the Guantanamo detainees if they are released from the controversial jail in Cuba in light of the proposal by President Obama in January, CNN reported. Hardin is one of the poorest towns in the US hoping to boost its local employment by receiving the detainees. The unemployment rate is above 10% in the town.

據美國有線新聞網報道，美國總統奧巴馬今年1月曾下令在一年內關閉備受爭議的古巴關塔那摩監獄，蒙大拿州哈丁鎮則希望在該監獄關閉后能接收囚犯以拉動當地就業。該鎮是蒙大拿州也是全國最貧困的地區之一，失業率達到10％以上。

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