New York City opening emergency centres for asylum seekers

Republican governors have sent busloads of people to New York City, Chicago and elsewhere in what critics denounce as a 'political stunt' that dehumanises migrants and asylum seekers in the US [File: Marat Sadana/Reuters]

Emergency centres will be opened in New York City to provide support for migrants and asylum seekers, the mayor has announced, as Republican lawmakers from other parts of the United States continue to send busloads of people into the city.

In a statement on Thursday, Mayor Eric Adams said two centres would provide shelter, food and medical care, as well as a range of settlement support to hundreds of asylum seekers arriving each day from Texas and other US border states.