Migrants are pictured entering a shelter in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 12, 2022. - Luiz C. Ribeiro/New York Daily News/TNS
NEW YORK — City Hall has taken steps to help migrants leave New York City by offering them free fare to anywhere in the country or world and made life tougher by limiting shelter stays.
Wait times to get a bed can stretch as long as a week. Some migrants have had enough.
Their city of dreams has become a nightmare. With winter coming, many have reached new lows and levels of desperation and have decided that a one-way ticket out of the Big Apple is their best shot at a brighter future.
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