By the end of the month, migrants will be brought to the relief center on Jefferson Street in Bushwick – one of two temporary housing shelters to accommodate an influx of asylum seekers.

However, the New York Immigration Coalition says this is far from a permanent solution.

The Brooklyn center, along with the one in midtown Manhattan will serve single adult men moving from the Brooklyn Cruise Terminal, which is set to close by the end of March. Approximately 1,200 men will be able to stay at the Brooklyn facility, Mayor Eric Adams says.

A representative from the New York Immigration Coalition says the shelter system has had problems for decades.

“We want to see investments and initiative to really move people in this moment to permanent housing,” said Murad Awawdeh, the group's executive director.

The city has already opened 96 emergency shelters and large-scale humanitarian relief centers to help serve asylum seekers.