ANTWERP, Belgium – Under a cold predawn rain, a frenzy of children wrapped in parkas and winter scarves ran, climbed, shrieked, and whispered in tight clusters across the courtyard.
If you listened carefully, you could hear some speaking Dutch, but also Pashto, Arabic, Spanish and Ukrainian. At this school known as De Wereldreiziger, or the World Traveler, there are 70 languages spoken by the 425 students, many coming from families fleeing war or economic distress.