According to a report published by the New York Post On Friday, immigrants are making the decision to leave the city to go to other destinations, due to increased insecurity, homelessness and drug abuse.
Immigrants point out that Canada is one of the places most mentioned by those who leave the city for reasons related to the growing rates of violence in New York. The city is the center of the immigration crisis on the East Coast of the United States, following thousands of illegal immigrants will arrive in the city in mid 2022.
However, the current situation of insecurity in the city has led several immigrants to make the decision to move to Canada. The review of New York Post ensures that many migrants, mostly Venezuelans, prefer to accept a free ticket to travel to northern Canada in search of better opportunities in places with less insecurity, homelessness and drug abuse.
Venezuelan Manuel Rondón, 26, said that on Saturday he decided to leave the city following he “was kicked out” of the Row NYC hotel near Times Square and moved to a homeless shelter in Brooklyn. After that he headed to Plattsburgh to find the resources to go to Canada in search of better opportunities.. “Many used drugs there (…) I feel that Canada will be safer. It is a much calmer country than the United States,” he told the New York Post.
migration crisis
This occurs following a group of illegal immigrants mostly young Venezuelans, protested this Monday to avoid being transferred from the Watson Hotel, in Manhattan, to a new shelter in the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal. This situation led to an eviction from their facilities.
Mayor Eric Adams slept Friday night in the shelter set up for newly arrived immigrants at the Brooklyn cruise terminal, where some had refused to be transferred from the Watson Hotel. Regarding the situation in which immigrants are leaving New York City to go to other places, the mayor said that this fact is true. but not necessarily for security reasons.
Some US media reported that Mayor Adams said that the people had other destinations when they arrived in Texas, but following being mobilized from the state closest to Mexico, they were only offered to send them to New York City. “We found that people had other destinations, but were only forced to come to New York City, and we are helping to talk to those who are looking to go elsewhere.. Some want to go to Canadaothers want to go to warmer states, and we are there for them as they continue to move forward in their search,” he said in an interview by Fox News 5.
figures of violence
Despite Mayor Adams’ responses, during the month of January serious crimes increased by 4.1% with 10,067 complaints compared to the same period last year, when 9,672 of the seven major crimes were registered, according to statistics from the New York Police Department (NYPD).
Felony assaults drove the increase, reaching 2,056 reports, an increase of 14.9% over last year, according to data released by the NYPD. In that sense, robberies and thefts increased 5.3%, to 1,332 from 1,265, and 7.2%, from 1,298 to 1,211, the data shows.
Besides that, Nearly 350 incidents of serious crime were reported in New York City (NYC) schools last year, with 95 in the last four months alone, according to new data released by the New York City Council. The NYPD also reported in the report that since the return to face-to-face in schoolsassaults and sexual crimes increased and the recoveries of weapons in schools increased by 80%.
Authorities in Mexico and the United States deported more than 196,300 Salvadorans, Guatemalans, and Hondurans in 2022, including more than 35,000 children and adolescents.according to official data consulted by EFE.
According to a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM) for the Northern Triangle of Central America, Mexico deported 106,827 people and the United States 89,552, for a total of 196,379, an increase of 58% compared to the 124,280 cases in 2021.. On the other hand, during 2022 the United States determined that during the month of January only 22,884 Venezuelans entered its territory.