Meet Little Amal: a puppet celebrating New York City's migrant roots

Commuters and tourists gather around a large puppet named Little Amal as she walks around Grand Central Station in New York on Sept 15. Photo: AP

New York City's latest celebrity visitor is stopping traffic even in this jaded, larger-than-life town.

Little Amal, a 3.6m puppet of a 10-year-old Syrian refugee, is on a 17-day blitz through every corner of the Big Apple as part of a theatre project hoping to raise awareness about immigration.