‘Nowhere to go’: Newly arrived migrants in Massachusetts find themselves stranded

migrants just getting to Massachusetts are finding themselves stranded on the streets of Boston many newly arrived migrants are being denied shelter just days before the State's new 5-day limit on overflow shelter sites takes effect Boston 25 news reporter Drew Kus live at BMC where Drew the hospital's been booking ride shares for migrants who show up there krie Boston Medical Center has been telling migrants that they can't sleep in the emergency department since last year but families continue to show up here some have been seen sleeping on these benches outside the hospital others sent away in ride shars without clear Direction on where to go next these images show newly arrived migrant families in Massachusetts with suitcases hunkered down outside Boston Medical Center looking for a place to sleep the hospital says all families who arrive homeless are assessed before migrants are frequently sent on their way in ride shares Advocates say this is one of the locations they're often sent to the Brazilian Worker Center in Austin but when families arrive here after hours the center is closed resulting in some families staying outside overnight they're already at a disadvantage and we're putting them at even more so Alec gelle who works at the mindful Mud Dog Daycare Center next door has seen families sleeping outside it's really rigged against them um they don't have a place to go and the places that are taking them are now limiting them many of the new migrant families just now arriving in Massachusetts are being denied shelter with the state's emergency shelter system full and overflow sites at capacity the state will officially begin shrinking the number of nights they can stay in overflow shelters to five on Thursday but the reason I implemented that policy is because we've got 8,000 families in shelter right now and we don't have an unlimited checkpoint or unlimited capacity and so many migrants who can no longer spend the night inside Logan airport are now finding themselves in limbo stranded on the streets of Boston a Boston Medical Center spokesperson tells us that the hospital does not have the capacity or resources to provide shelter to unhoused families a statement says quote if they do not require medical care we will continue to arrange transportation to State resources and after hours to friends family and Community Resources where they may find shelter until State offices reopen and a BMC spokesperson points out that the hospital has consistently advocated for resources that would be open 24 hours a day 7 days a week we should also mention that the new budget just signed by Governor Healey today includes 326 million for the state's ongoing shelter response we're live outside Boston Medical Center Drew Kus for your local station Boston 25 News