Groups of migrants slept in small buses parked on the street in Midtown on Saturday night after they were turned away from the city’s intake center at the Roosevelt Hotel.
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The buses — which resemble "dollar vans" and fit about 15 people — first appeared over the weekend to give migrants waiting outside the hotel a break from athat hit the city, according to advocates. They soon turned into places to sleep overnight. “Basically, this process isn’t fast,” Sevarino said in Spanish. “We have to stay calm, remain good. This is still a better situation that we’re in right now.”
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