In this building located in the heart of Times Square will be one of the two new shelters to receive new asylum seekers and the more than a thousand single men who must leave the cruise terminal in Brooklyn, which closes its doors to return to its operations of tourism. The legal limbo and loneliness is the most difficult for these migrants.
This is the second transfer in a month for these migrants, who were evicted from the Watson Hotel. Some of them regret the protests that accompanied that eviction.
“Because of a woman who influenced us, all the shelters had, what is it called, that a group was formed through the cell phone, we placed all of us migrants and the lady always influenced us to make protests and well, They went out to protest and well, part of those protests is that we, the newcomers, damage our reputations,” says Mariana, a Colombian migrant.
More than 51,000 migrants have already arrived in the city since last spring and 30,000 are completely in the care of the municipality. According to the mayor, these services cost $364 per migrant per day.
Another HERRC, for its acronym in English, for humanitarian emergency response and aid was also announced by the mayor’s office to channel and provide services to migrants including legal assistance and university tuition, with dedicated staff 24 hours a day and 7 hours a week. week.
