Officials say soaring rents and limited availability of housing units in Portland, Lewiston, and other big cities is driving more refugees and asylum seekers to central Maine neighborhoods like Augusta and Waterville.
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Maine refugee resettlement numbers expected to double
The state’s 3 resettlement agencies expect to receive a total of 840 refugees from various countries in the next 12 months.
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A walk to remember loved ones killed in Burundi
Members of Maine’s Banyamulenge community call attention to the Gatumba refugee camp massacre, where hundreds of the ethnic minority were killed or injured.
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Community to gather in Maine to remember massacre in Burundi
For the first time, Portland is hosting the commemoration to bring awareness to the plight of the Banyamulenge people.
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Lewiston mother sues feds after waiting over 5 years to be reunited with husband
Fowziya Weheliye has been separated from her husband for 9 years after the couple fled Somalia, and then Kenya as refugees. She has been waiting since 2018 for federal officials to allow her husband to join her and their children in the U.S.
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Amazon, Marriott and other companies vow to hire thousands of refugees in Europe
Adidas, Starbucks, L’Oreal, PepsiCo and Hyatt have also joined in the pledge.
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Ukrainians find home in Maine despite war’s uncertainty
Escaping the Russian invasion, nine families from Ukraine have settled in Auburn, creating a community in a city built by immigrants even as their own future in Maine remains an unknown.
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Our View: Welcome Corps a welcome development
The new State Department program should help us to maximize our most precious resource: goodwill.
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Immigrant advocates in Maine praise new refugee resettlement program
The Welcome Corps will enlist private citizens to help resettle refugees but some wonder how it will interact with agencies that have been doing the work for decades.
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New program will let private citizens sponsor refugees in U.S.
Everyday Americans will be able to help refugees adjust to life in the U.S. in a program launched Thursday by the State Department.