Dozens of African migrants found living packed inside store basement, sleeping in shifts
Story by Michael Dorgan • 16h
Dozens of illegal migrants from western Africa have been found living in cramped conditions inside the basement and first floor of a furniture store in New York City, with the owner charging them $300 to live in the confined spaces where they had to sleep in shifts, according to reports.
About 74 migrants had been holed up inside the two-story furniture store in Richmond Hills, Queens, its owner, Ebou Sarr, told Fox 5 New York after city officials visited the premises on Monday and ordered all the men to leave.
Sarr, 47, has been hit with two violations after officials found illegal plumbing work that had been done without permits. The other violation was for occupying a building contrary to city records, with the spaces having no ventilation, no natural light and not enough space for the people sleeping there.
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