Migrants sit in a queue outside of The Roosevelt Hotel that is being used by the city as temporary housing, Monday, July 31, 2023, in New York.

Continued Challenges for African Asylum Seekers

The Brian Lehrer Show | Mar 1, 2024
After news broke this week of two separate overcrowded locations housing dozens of migrants from Africa, Amaha Kassa, founder and executive director of African Communities Together, talks about the challenges facing African asylum seekers in the city.

 

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