various groups of migrants newcomers to New York spent Saturday night at the outdoors and on buses parked in front of a Manhattan hotel being used to accommodate them that authorities say has run out of space.
According to local media, small buses with a capacity for about 15 people began to arrive this weekend at the Roosevelt Hotel in order to offer migrants -mainly single men- a space to cool off in the middle of a heat wave in the city.
In the end, the vehicles were used for many people to spend the night in them, while others did so in the middle of the street waiting to be able to receive accommodation, either at the hotel or in other places enabled for it to which they are redirected. from there.
“We continue to prioritize children and families and find a bed for them every night,” a spokesman for the mayor’s office told NY1, stressing that the city currently does not have enough capacity to accommodate the hundreds of migrants They keep coming every day.
The flow of immigrants – mostly asylum seekers arrived from Latin America has brought New York since last year to almost 100.000 personas, of which more than 50,000 are under the care of the city, which in addition to shelter provides them with food, registration of their children in school and health services, among other help.
This month, Mayor Eric Adams already announced that he was forced to end the policy of providing indefinite housing for any migrant and gave a period of 60 days for those who have been in shelters for a long time to abandon them and look for another place, using “friends or relatives” if necessary, in order to ensure that families with children have space.
2023-07-30 19:36:00
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