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NYC’s Port Authority reveals migrant families’ emotional reunions with relatives

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Social Links for Emily Crane
Published Aug. 14, 2023
Updated Aug. 14, 2023, 12:22 p.m. ET

Several migrants were reunited with loved ones after being bused to the Big Apple early Monday, exclusive photos obtained by The Post show.

In emotional scenes outside Manhattan’s Port Authority bus terminal, multiple asylum seekers who stepped off a newly arrived bus were spotted quickly being embraced by waiting family and friends.

At one point, a smiling young boy could be seen running from the bus and into the arms of a man waiting patiently on the sidewalk.

A man who was waiting for a bus of migrants to arrive at the Port Authority Bus Terminal hugs a woman and child
A woman clutching a young girl was embraced by a migrant outside Manhattan’s Port Authority Monday morning. Robert Mecea
A man who was waiting for a bus of migrants to arrive at the Port Authority Bus Terminal hugs a woman and child
The visibly emotional man could be seen clutching the woman and child tightly. Robert Mecea
A woman clutching a child speaks on the phone
The woman and little girl were spotted speaking on the phone after arriving. Robert Mecea

Meanwhile, a migrant woman clutching a toddler was spotted in a tight embrace with a visibly emotional man.

The male was spotted resting his forehead against the woman’s cheek before planting a kiss on the little girl’s head as she was sandwiched between them.

The exact relationship between the reunited migrants wasn’t immediately known.

It also wasn’t clear how long the asylum seekers had been separated from their relatives.

The newly arrived migrants join the more than 100,000 who have flooded into the Big Apple since early last year.

A young boy runs to greet a loved one
A smiling boy could be seen running from the bus down the sidewalk early Monday. Robert Mecea
A young boy runs to greet a loved one
The boy was spotted running down the sidewalk outside the bus terminal with a huge smile on his face. Robert Mecea
A young boy is hugged by a man
The boy was quickly embraced by a man on the sidewalk out the bus terminal. Robert Mecea

Nearly 60,000 asylum seekers are being housed in the roughly 200 city-run shelters or emergency sites scattered across the five boroughs.

Mayor Eric Adams has repeatedly warned the city is at capacity amid the migrant influx and has been scrambling to find additional locations to house the arriving asylum seekers.

“We are past our breaking point,” the mayor said last week.

A migrant steps off the bus
Other migrants could be seen smiling as they stepped off the bus first thing Monday. Robert Mecea
Migrants are seen arriving on a bus at the Port Authority
A long line of arriving migrants formed outside the bus terminal Monday morning. Robert Mecea

It comes after Adams revealed that the migrant crunch was expected to set the Big Apple back a hefty $12 billion over the next three years.