US President Donald Trump’s childhood home in New York had some new occupants over the weekend — refugees who shared their stories as a way to draw attention to the refugee crisis as the United Nations General Assembly convenes this week with Trump in attendance.
The three-story Tudor-style home in Queens that Trump’s father, Fred, built in 1940 is now a rental available on Airbnb that anyone can stay in for $725 a night.
It was auctioned off to an unidentified buyer in March for $2.14 million, its second time going up for auction.
The international anti-poverty organisation Oxfam rented it Saturday and invited four refugees to talk with journalists.
The Republican president’s administration issued travel bans on people from six Muslim-majority countries and all refugees.
After various court challenges, the Supreme Court last week allowed the restrictive policy on refugees to remain temporarily.
