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Luiz C. Ribeiro for NY Daily News via Getty Images(NEW YORK)  As a new school year begins in New York City, advocates are calling on the city to boost its services for the thousands of migrant children enrolling in classes. New York City Schools Chancellor David Banks told reporters last week that over 19,000 school-aged children who have arrived as asylum seekers will attend school this year. Roughly 2,500 new students who are living in temporary housing enrolled in July for the 2023-2024 school year, which begins on Thursday, the chancellor said Wednesday. "They re still coming every day," Banks said. The chancellor said that the city s school system has the space to handle the new influx of students since tens of thousands of families have disenrolled their kids from public schools since the pandemic. However, non-profit groups that specialize in helping immigrants get a good education, said the migrant children who are currently in temporary housing are going to ne

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