NY Launches Centre For Caribbean Asylum Seekers

UNITED STATES – New York City Mayor Eric Adams has launched the city’s first asylum seeker arrival centre as hundreds of Caribbean and other asylum seekers continue to arrive there daily. Officials say many of the asylum seekers come from Cuba, Haiti and Venezuela.

Adams said the Roosevelt Hotel, which has been closed for nearly three years, will host the arrival centre.

Adams also announced the placement of what will be the city’s ninth Humanitarian Emergency Response and Relief Centre.