Boston Medical Center had been letting new migrant families shelter there, but now says they have to go to Logan

By adamg on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 1:09pm

WBUR reports Boston Medical Center had been letting new migrant families shelter in its lobbies until they could find more permanent housing, but says it was getting too many people and so had to send some of them to Logan Airport - which says, no, don't do that.

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Comments

Haitian churches? Plain old

By Whit on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 1:25pm.

Haitian churches? Plain old regular churches? These are good ppl looking for help and a new life!

Huge church, always empty

By DEMO on Wed, 07/12/2023 - 9:48am.

https://tbc3.tbc1997.org/index.php/en/

MBTA Mattapan station

By anon on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 1:39pm.

The T has a two story building at the station that used to be a police station. The T could allow the migrants to temporarily stay there where they would be close to services that assist the large Haitian community of Mattapan.

Sheriff Housing

By Angry Dan on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 5:48pm.

Make sure they know not to accept housing from Sheriff Tompkins.

Nor allow Kendra Lara

By Friartuck on Tue, 07/11/2023 - 6:35pm.

To drive them

What an odd headline in the

By Carty on Wed, 07/12/2023 - 7:07am.

What an odd headline in the Globe:

"A new BMC policy turns away migrant families seeking shelter — even if it means sending some to the airport in an Uber"

As if *BMC* is harming the immigrants, how absurd.