Asylum-seekers spend a night at a Seattle tennis court before heading back to a hotel
Soundside host Libby Denkmann talks with Seattle Times Project Homeless reporter Anna Patrick about a group of asylum-seekers that camped at the Garfield Community Center tennis courts this week. Hundreds of migrants from South America and Africa have been living in various locations in Seattle for over a year as they wait for permanent shelter and work permits. This week, hundreds of families seeking asylum slept on tennis courts outside the Garfield Community Center in Seattle's Central District after funding for rooms at the Kent Quality Inn ran dry. An anonymous donor paid $50,000 to re-accommodate the migrants. The donations were made through donations from the Project Homeless team.
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For more than a year, migrants from South America and Africa have been bouncing in and out of motel stays, AirBnBs, and a church parking lot in Tukwila while they wait for more permanent shelter and work permits.
This week, hundreds of families seeking asylum pitched tents and slept on tennis courts outside the Garfield Community Center in Seattle’s Central District, after funding for rooms at the Kent Quality Inn ran dry.
The migrants slept on the courts Tuesday night and planned to stay longer, until an anonymous donor stepped in Wednesday with $50,000 to get them back into hotel rooms.
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Seattle Times staff reporter on the Project Homeless team Anna Patrick joined Soundside to give us the latest update.
주제: Tennis, Immigration