The state’s resettlement total of 50 people is a 95% decline from last year, leaving Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services preparing for a far slower pace of arrivals.
Maine Immigrant and Refugee Services
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Maine will resettle only 50 refugees this year, all white South Africans
Reductions by the Trump administration continue after Maine was allowed to resettle about half of the 950 refugees allocated last year.
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Refugees to be provided transitional housing at Good Will-Hinckley in Fairfield
About 35 refugees from Somalia, Syria and other countries are to be relocated from southern Maine to the Good Will-Hinckley campus.
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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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Local nonprofits deliver mattresses to Lewiston families in need
In total, 60 mattresses were delivered to asylum-seekers in need Friday.