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PublishedMarch 8, 2025
‘I’m afraid for this country’: Ukrainians in Maine worry for their homeland, new homes
For some Ukrainians living in Maine, the country's dire position — and the United States' shifting attitude — create dual anxieties: While the fate of their homeland appears uncertain, so too does the political landscape of their new home.
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PublishedJanuary 28, 2025
Maine resettlement agencies told they can no longer support refugees already here
A State Department directive says agencies will not be reimbursed for items like housing and food assistance, cutting off lifelines for new Mainers during the first three months in a new community.
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PublishedFebruary 2, 2024
More refugees, asylum seekers are arriving in central Maine in search of a better life
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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PublishedOctober 17, 2023
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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PublishedAugust 28, 2023
Photos: Lewiston immigrant community celebrates back to school
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PublishedAugust 11, 2023
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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PublishedJuly 17, 2023
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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PublishedJune 28, 2023
Rotary Club of Bethel providing leftover furniture to Lewiston immigrants and refugees
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PublishedJune 19, 2023
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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PublishedMarch 19, 2023
Ukrainians find home in Auburn 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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