New York City mayor plans giant tents to house migrants sent by Republicans

City is also considering cruise ships and summer camps as it struggles to house an estimated 13,000 asylum seekers

New York's mayor says he plans to erect hangar-sized tents as temporary shelter for thousands of international migrants who have been bussed into the city as part of a campaign by Republican governors to disrupt federal border policies.

The tents are among an array of options - from using cruise ships to summer camps - the city is considering as it struggles to find housing for an estimated 13,000 asylum seekers who have wound up in New York after being bussed north from border towns in Texas and Arizona.