By Maurin Picard Published 2 hours ago, Updated 2 hours ago Asylum seekers wait in Manhattan at the end of July to be admitted to the Roosevelt Hotel, which has been transformed into an asylum processing center for migrants. Steve Sanchez/Sipa USA via Reuters Connect STORY – For four months, undocumented immigrants have been arriving … Read more
The city and the state of New York are pressing the federal government more and more insistently to expedite the granting of work permits that will allow the more than 100,000 immigrants who have arrived in the Big Apple in fifteen months to get out of a care logic that is costing million dollars to … Read more
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Over the last twenty years, immigrants have come to East Harlem in Manhattan from all sides. Puerto Rican Harrt Aponte, who has been working as a taxi driver for 47 years, says he has witnessed how many of his driver friends, Latin American immigrants, have progressed. “They have all their permits and they even own … Read more
Nicolas Sarkozy promoted, this Wednesday, August 23 on TF1, his latest book Le temps des combats, the second volume of his memoirs. He recounts his five-year term, from 2007 to 2012, crushing many of his political opponents. The only personality who finds favor in his eyes turns out to be Gérald Darmanin. He is full … Read more
The overwhelming majority of New Yorkers view the influx of immigrants into the state as a “serious problem,” according to a new Siena College poll. The poll questioned more than 800 registered New York voters. Of these, 54 percent say they would describe the situation of migrants as “very serious.” Another 28 percent say they … Read more
Six people, who do not present “terrorist or disturbing profile“, escaped in the night from Saturday to Sunday from the administrative detention center of Nîmes (Gard) after the voluntary outbreak of fires within it, according to the parquet floor of Nîmes on Sunday. “Six people are wanted for taking advantage of the confusion generated by … Read more
With our correspondent in New York, Loubna Anaki A few blocks from Times Square, the Roosevelt Hotel has become the symbol of New York’s migration crisis. This iconic hotel, closed since the Covid-19 pandemic, has been transformed by the city into a reception center for asylum seekers. « I would never have imagined being in … Read more
Melkin Bonilla, his wife Chantel and their five children spent a journey of more than thirty days to reach New York. They are Garífuna from Tela Honduras and since they got off the bus they have been admitted to the Roosevelt Hotel in Manhattan where they have received help. “Well, well, they give us food, … Read more
More buses have arrived transporting immigrants seeking asylum to New York City as we see in the images. The authorities indicated that of the more than 57,000 immigrants who are in the care of the city, 18,000 are children, so the city needs help from the federal government. Amanda Chirinos has only recently arrived and … Read more
With her 11-month-old daughter, Marizol goes out to sell fruit in the busy South Conduit, near JFK airport. “The same and it’s work. I think, it’s not right, but I have to work anyway to get ahead,” Marizol said. Mother of five children, Marizol crossed the border from Guatemala to New York City five months … Read more