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Tuesday, October 31, 2023

NYC sets up office to give migrants one-way tickets out of town

ALBANY, N.Y. - New York City is intensifying efforts to transport migrants out of the city as its shelter system reaches capacity, setting up a dedicated office to provide asylum-seekers with free, one-way tickets to anywhere in the world. 

City Hall confirmed the establishment of a new "re-ticketing center" in Manhattan as its latest bid to ease pressure on its shelters and finances following the arrival of more than 130,000 asylum-seekers since last year.