"NYC High School Students Forced into Remote Learning as Migrants Occupy School Shelters"

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Source: New York Post
"NYC High School Students Forced into Remote Learning as Migrants Occupy School Shelters"
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Nearly 2,000 migrants were temporarily housed in a Brooklyn high school gym as a storm shelter, forcing students to learn remotely. The migrants were moved back to a nearby tent city due to concerns about extreme weather. The chaotic scene of transporting the asylum seekers was likened to a concert, and some locals protested the disruption of students' education. This is not the first time extreme weather has affected the 2,000-bed tent facility, which was set up in November to accommodate nearly 70,000 migrants in the city's care.

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