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Al Jazeera Staff

NYC mayor declares emergency over migrant buses from Texas

'This is a humanitarian crisis that started with violence and instability in South America that is being accelerated by American political dynamics,' New York City Mayor Eric Adams says [File: Eduardo Munoz/Reuters]

The mayor of New York City has declared a state of emergency, saying an influx of asylum seekers being bussed into the city each day from the US state of Texas is creating a “humanitarian crisis”.

Mayor Eric Adams, a Democrat, said during a news conference on Friday that more than 17,000 asylum seekers have arrived in New York City since April.

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