![]() Lisa Jones, the agency’s executive vice president of strategic initiatives, said the Housing Commission hopes to hear providers’ recent experiences, the needs of the refugee population and the support the nonprofits need.Ī PATH spokesman said Monday the agency had yet to house any migrants at its downtown shelter.ĭave Rolland, a spokesman for Mayor Todd Gloria, said Monday the city’s Office of Immigrant Affairs was assembling a toolkit to share with shelter providers about asylum seekers and has asked the Housing Commission to connect the office with asylum seekers who want aid. The city’s foremost shelter and outreach providers Alpha Project, Father Joe’s Villages and PATH are now set to meet with Housing Commission officials to discuss the situation. “This question is better suited for immigration providers who routinely work with migrants and asylum seekers.” “Since Father Joe’s Villages is not a dedicated migrant or asylum-seeker shelter, we cannot accurately tell you whether these individuals will be reunited with friends or family down the line,” Vargas wrote in response to questions from Voice of San Diego. In a statement, Father Joe’s Villages CEO Deacon Jim Vargas said the nonprofit was looking to the city and the San Diego Housing Commission for guidance on “the process asylum seekers will go through in the city’s shelter system.” I’m looking for somebody to give us some clear direction on what we’re supposed to do here.” ![]() “This is way outside our field of expertise. “The reality is I do not know what to do,” Alpha Project CEO Bob McElroy said. Shelter providers are already unable to accommodate all homeless San Diegans seeking beds. Now longtime homeless service providers are grappling with how to aid migrants without Social Security numbers or access to other resources they typically tap to connect homeless San Diegans with permanent homes. The flow of migrants into city shelters follows a surge of crossings along the southwestern border, including by some who previously moved into bustling San Diego migrant shelters that could only keep them for 30 days.Īs an unknown number of migrants without contacts elsewhere in the United States depart dedicated shelters or decline to stay in them, some are ending up in city homeless shelters. Nonprofit Alpha Project reported Tuesday it was temporarily housing 45 mostly Venezuelan migrants at three of its shelters while Father Joe’s Villages said late Monday it was sheltering 20 asylum seekers. Migrants Ending Up in City Homeless Shelters Amid Border Surge | Voice of San Diego Closeĭozens of migrants are staying in city-funded homeless shelters amid a spike in border arrivals who cannot quickly connect with support systems elsewhere.
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