African and Asian newcomers are the new face of migrants in NYC
Migrants from Africa, Asia, Europe and regions outside of Latin America now make up nearly half of New York City's newest arrivals, reflecting a sharp departure from traditional migration patterns, according to an analysis of immigration court data by Gothamist.
Some of New York City’s largest and fastest-growing migrant groups — including people from China, India and Uzbekistan — are mostly making their way to the city on their own and avoiding the city’s strained shelter network, according to immigration aid workers and experts studying immigration trends.
The number of new migrants listing addresses in suburban and upstate counties has also undergone a major increase, even in communities where officialsNew York City from converting local hotels into migrant shelters, such as Rockland County. One of the largest increases took place in Niagara County on the U.S.-Canada border, where the number of migrants listing addresses there rose from about four in fiscal year 2021 to 125 in 2023.
She pointed to major groups like Chinese, Uzbek, Georgian, South Asian, and Russian migrants. She said they frequently come to the city after crossing the U.S.-Mexico border but have largely avoided the free buses to New York City paid for by Texas officials. Haiti and Russia also accounted for other major influxes, and the number of migrants from Central and South American countries like Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Colombia is also rising.
Several of those growing migrant nationalities — including from West Africa, China, Uzbekistan, Russia, and Ecuador — have had long-standing presences in New York City, according to John Mollenkopf, a CUNY professor and demographer studying local immigrant groups.
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