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Migrants being bused to Canada are reportedly voicing concern over the cold weather seen in our neighbor to the north - despite getting a free ride at the expense of taxpayers.
The asylum seekers hail from Latin America, but are being bused from New York City, which is currently experiencing an abnormal outflow of migrants from states such as Texas and Florida.
Originally welcomed into The Big Apple with open arms, the foreigners last month voiced discontent over an alternative shelter offered by Mayor Eric Adams, citing its bare-bones amenities - all after being put up for months in posh, luxury hotels, paid for by New York citizens.
The criticisms spurred the mayor - who's struggled to address the abnormal outflow of travelers since assuming office last year - to announce last week that the city would buy bus tickets for newcomers who would prefer to live in Canada.
However, just days after reports surfaced that some of the travelers were fleeing New York because of 'drugs' and homelessness, several are having second thoughts - with some outright turning back upon arrival because the country has 'lots of snow.'
Migrants being bused to Canada are reportedly voicing concern over the cold weather seen in our neighbor to the north - despite getting a free ride at the expense of taxpayers. A family of migrants are seen at a border-crossing point in Upstate New York, leading into Montreal
Days after reports swirled that mirgants were fed-up with the Big Apple, several are reportedly having second thoughts about Canada as an alternative because the country has 'lots of snow'
Speaking to the CBC, Ilze Thielmann, the director of a New York nonprofit that has already helped transport the migrants from New York to Montreal, attempted to explain the phenomenon, saying many had arrived expecting better access to jobs and health care, while others were simply turned off by the frigid conditions.
'They think that there are all these jobs up there,' Thielmann, 56, told the Canadian broadcaster Tuesday of the realities currently being thrust on the foreigners, many of whom have been in the US for the better part of a year.
She added that instead of braving the rest of the Canadian winter - set to persist for no more than another month - migrants, already fed-up with conditions, are opting to turn tail back to New York City.
'They think they’re going to be able to get asylum very easily up there, and that’s just not the case.'
Speaking to The New York Post, one migrant from Colombia, Jose Liandro, corroborated the charity worker's story, saying that after just one week he wanted to returned to Manhattan.
When asked for a reason for his change-of-heart, the Spanish-speaking traveler simply replied, 'Mucha nieve' - which, in English, means, 'A lot of of snow.'
Liandro is among the more than 43,000 asylum seekers that has been funneled into the Port Authority, after Adams condemned Texas leaders for busing migrants from the southern border amid the state's own migrant woes.
In response to the relatively green politician's very public attack, officials in the Lone Star state added New York to its list of so-called 'sanctuary cities', and began carting illegal border crossers by the bus-load to the liberal locale.
Instead of braving the rest of the Canadian winter - set to persist for no more than another month - migrants, already fed-up with conditions, are opting to turn tail back to New York City
At first, Adams - a former New York police captain who campaigned on promises of cleaning up the city's crime and homeless epidemics - welcomed the migrants, but soon began to change his tune after his office found itself at a loss as to how to absorb the travelers into the already embattled city.
Following several failed ventures designed to address the flow of migrants - including a scrapped tent city in The Bronx and a proposed facility on Randall's Island that never materialized - Adams housed thousands of asylum seekers at trendy hotels in Manhattan.
Many of those illegal immigrants had been staying at The Watson Hotel located on 57th and Tenth Avenue - in taxpayer-funded hotel rooms that cost as much as $450 per night.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has desperately tried to solve the city's migrant crisis - which began after he criticized officials in Texas for busing them out of the southern state
That changed late last month, when Adams, in his latest pivot in addressing the crisis, announced that a then-planned shelter at the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal would become the latest temporary home for at least 1,000 male migrants, including all of those staying at the Watson, which for the past few months served as a men's-only shelter.
Addressing New Yorkers fed-up with rampant crime and homelessness, Adams gave a deadline to those staying at the Watson for Monday, saying those migrants - all single men - would now be replaced by asylum-seeking families.
That spurred several migrants to take up outside the building to protest the mayor's declaration - with many outright refusing to relocate, citing privacy concerns and non-optimal conditions at the pop-up facility, with some comparing it to a prison.
By Monday, as several found themselves locked out of their respective rooms at the Watson, the predominantly Latin American procession remained, setting up camp directly outside the luxury building in direct defiance of Adams' order.
Many of those illegal immigrants had been staying at The Watson Hotel located on 57th and Tenth Avenue - in taxpayer-funded hotel rooms that cost as much as $450 per night.
The migrants have voiced concerns conditions at New York shelters, comparing them to jail
The immigration staffer is seen speaking with migrants outside the three-star hotel Monday, as they refused to relocate to a designated shelter across the East River
A member of the Mayor's immigration office speaks with migrants who are camping out in front of the Watson Hotel. Community organizers have provided the men with food and tents
