(ProsperNews.net) – A high school soccer game in New York was canceled when a group of migrants refused to leave a public field in East Harlem. Around 40 teenage boys turned up to play at Thomas Jefferson Park on a Sunday afternoon in April when the Manhattan Kickers competed against FA Euro New York. The game was scrapped, however, when around 30 African migrants refused to depart and allow proceedings to get underway.
Erik Johansson, the Manhattan Kickers’ coach, described asking the migrants to leave, but they refused, saying they could do whatever they wanted. Police were called, but the men still refused to back off.
Police officers subsequently asked the team coaches to provide proof that they were permitted to play, but by the time the Kickers’ coach’s assistant could forward a copy of the permit, 30 minutes had passed, and the students began to worry for their safety. Mr. Johansson, who comes from Sweden, a country with one of the highest migrant populations in Europe, said, “I’ve seen this before, I know how bad it can get.”
Media reports later stated that some players’ parents no longer want them to play at the Harlem venue. Maud Maron, one of the boy’s mothers, said she was furious at the message her son and his teammates received during the spectacle. She said it was highly frustrating that those who broke the rules and disrupted other people were allowed to do so unimpeded and “won” in the end. “That’s the message the kids got,” she said. Ms. Maron added that the incident was another example of increasing lawlessness in New York City.
The Big Apple is under growing pressure as tens of thousands of migrants flood to its streets – numbering almost 100,000 in 2023 and costing more than $1.45 billion. Commentators say most of the migrants are young men in their 20s and arrive in New York from all corners of the world.
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