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Copy files from old server to new server with Robocopy

I need to copy the old user directories to their new directory they are already using. In order not to mix the directories, I created a new sub-directory in each of the users' directories before making the copy.
So i write a little powershell script

$Importcsv = "C:\csv\MoveHomerDir.csv"
$HomeDirList = Import-csv $Importcsv

Foreach($HomeFolder in $HomeDirList){
$NewDir = "Migrate_Directory"
$CurrentDirPath = $HomeFolder.NewHomeDir
$NewDirPath = "$CurrentDirPath\$NewDir"
#Verify if new subfolder allready exist
If (Test-Path -Path $NewDirPath){
 Write-host "Directory $NewDir allready exist in $CurrentDirPath" -ForegroundColor Yellow
 }

 Else {
 New-Item -Name $NewDir -Path $CurrentDirPath -ItemType Directory
 }

#Start copy Directory
Foreach ($HomeDir in $HomeDirList) {
$HomeDirSource = $HomeDir.OldHomeDir
$HomeDirDest   = $HomeDir.NewHomeDir

robocopy "$HomeDirSource" "$HomeDirDest\$NewDir" /MIR /COPY:DATOU /LOG+:C:\Logs\TestMigrateHomeDirectory.log
}

}

My script works but copy directory seems to repeat itself, i don't understand why.
Did i forget something

CopyHomeDirectoryCSVFileRobocopyLog
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Steve Bona

8/22/2022 - Mon
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Thanks,
i did not know that robocopy will create the target directory automatically.
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