Mayor of New York will travel to Latin America to learn about the reality of migrants

The mayor of New York, Eric Adamswill travel tomorrow to Mexico, Ecuador, Colombia It is Panama meet with leaders from these countries and learn more about the situations that caused the flow of thousands of immigrants who arrived in the American city last year.

The first stop will be this Wednesday in Mexico to participate in the second edition of North Capital Foruman event of US-Mexico Foundation seeking greater integration North Americaand there will discuss with local and national leaders about the problems at the southern border and their impacts on New York.

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On Thursday he will visit Pueblawhere many of the immigrants living in the area come from. Big Applebefore continuing the journey to Ecuador. In Quito will visit organizations helping to address the asylum seeker crisis and meet with leaders to discuss the crisis in New York.

More than 100,000 immigrants arrived in New York last year and at least 60,000 are in shelters provided by the city, which also provides them with food and other types of aid, which, according to the mayor, has damaged finances and will lead to a deficit of 12 billion dollars in 2025.

It will then move on Friday night to Colombiawhere the next day will be in Bogotá and then travel from there to Darienthe jungle in Panama where thousands of immigrants pass through on their way to U.S.

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Adams, who will return to New York on Sunday, has faced criticism for this trip from activists who accuse him of spending “unnecessary taxpayer money”, after having asked agencies for cuts due to the fiscal crisis that he says the city is going through due to the arrival of immigrants.

“If Mayor Adams really wants to know more about asylum seekers’ arduous journeys to safety, he should spend a little more time talking to them or the organizations serving them on the ground.“, indicated the Immigrant Coalition.

Source: Elcomercio

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