Denver City Wire

Denver Mayor Michael B. Hancock has shared information about emergency housing for a large group of migrants that recently arrived in the city.

CBS reports that a group of roughly 100 migrants arrived by bus in Denver Tuesday. Mikayla Ortega, the communications manager with the Denver Office of Emergency Management, told the news agency that there was no advance warning about migrants on the way, and they are working to figure out who sent these people to town.

The migrants are being safely sheltered in an undisclosed location for their own safety. 

"Many of you are aware that roughly 100 asylum-seekers and refugees arrived in our city yesterday. City staff and our network of compassionate service-provider partners worked swiftly to set up an emergency shelter to meet their immediate needs last night," Hancock wrote in a Dec. 7 Twitter post.

In a follow-up tweet, Hancock wrote: "Denver is and always will be a welcoming community, and we will support these individuals and families with the humanity and dignity they deserve while facing such a difficult situation. Our priority is the health and safety of all our residents, including those who are migrants."

This isn't the first time that migrants have been sent to Denver. According to Denver7.com, "Last month, the city welcomed a bus of about 50 migrants from El Paso, Texas. They were seeking asylum and were sheltered at a faith-based facility in west Denver."