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December 23, 2024 11:16 AM   Subscribe

Eight Months Inside New York’s Migrant Shelters: Fear, Joy and Hope. (SLNYT - photoessay) "...many inside the shelters are filled with gratitude for a city that has given them shelter, a bedside table, a bare cot. And they are determined to get out, to become self-sufficient and to contribute to the country they escaped to. What comes next, for them and the city, is uncertain... The number of migrants entering New York, in fact, has been steadily declining for months, leading to the recent closure of some shelters. But the largest city in the country is continuing to house some 55,000 migrants — the size of a small city. The story that began with the arrival of buses from Texas two years ago is still shaping New York, leading to disruption and anger and charity and grace. And it continues to unfold each day, mostly out of sight, inside the lobby of a Midtown hotel."

The essay profiles the experience of several migrant families from Colombia, Senegal, Ecuador, Venezeula, Russia, China and Mauritania. All had fled from persecution and violence in their home countries.
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