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more immigrants and gave 60 days to migrants who have been in shelters for a long time to leave now. reporter: i am in a hotel in manhattan that has been converted into a processing center and there are more than 200 migrants waiting for placement in a shelter. more than 90,000migrants since last year, many of them attracted by the refugee obligation law, which forces the city to offer refuge.>> the city announces that it is giving 60 days notice to adult asylum seekers who have been in our shelters for a long time to find alternative housing. a campaign is also being announced to honestly communicate the situation in new york city to those who think of coming. reporter: this affects migrants who arrive alone. it does not affect families, and during these months they will be helped to find housing that they have to pay, which is already difficult for New Yorkers themselves. If they don’t find housing, they will have to find it on their own. They are handing out these pamphlets at the border where they indicate that in New York City aid is not guaranteed and that this is one of the most faces where to live in all the country and with arrows points to other states where migrants can arrive. The critics of this plan say that obviously this could reach the courts and that it could even skyrocket the homeless population in New York, and with the migrants
2023-07-20 04:56:00
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