Some asylum seekers are pushing back on a plan to move to a new shelter in Brooklyn. Some of them say they're refusing to leave the Midtown hotel that the city has been housing them in. TimMcNicholas reports.
. Some migrants protested that plan alongside immigrant rights advocates.
"The hotel Watson told them to get on buses at 7:30 this morning to go to the Red Hook cruise terminal, where the conditions are as bad or worse than the Randalls Island refugee camp that was opened a few months ago. And then the men came immediately back and warned the other residents of this hotel not to get on these buses," said Sergio Uzurin of the Mutual Aid Collective.
Some of these migrants then crowded around the door, trying to get back into the Watson Hotel. However, the hotel did not immediately letting everyone back in. The mayor's office released a statement saying the new shelter will provide the same services as every other relief center in the city. The city also said the protest was organized by local groups who have repeatedly sought to stop efforts to support migrants. CBS2 asked which groups the city was referring to and was waiting to hear back.
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