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Scientific asylum offered as Trump’s policies pushes researchers to leave

Listen to the article As US researchers face sweeping funding cuts, ideological repressions and growing political interference under the second term of President Donald Trump, a growing number of European universities offers what some have called “scientific asylum”. At the forefront is the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (Vub) in Belgium, which opened 12 postdoctoral positions specifically aimed at attracting international researchers, focusing on Americans. The initiative responds to what the university calls the “serious and gradual” suppression of research in the United States. “We see it as our duty to help our American colleagues,” said Vub Rector Jan Danckaert. “They see