According to the mayor, New York, once the entryway to the United States through Ellis Island and a city established by immigrants, is full – but migrants wanting a better life continue to arrive by the hundreds.
This week, dozens of asylum seekers, mostly from West Africa, have been sleeping on the pavements outside a Manhattan hotel, awaiting processing at a makeshift center after risky treks fleeing violence and poverty.
They are seeking sanctuary in New York two weeks after Mayor Eric Adams said that the city had run out of space due to an inflow of migrants that has stretched services to their breaking point.