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Asylum seekers

Published
July 21, 2023

Maine delegation gets backing of U.S. Chamber in push to speed work permits for asylum seekers

Both Rep. Chellie Pingree, D-1st District, and Republican Sen. Susan Collins have introduced similar bills in their respective chambers to shorten wait periods for asylum seekers who want to work.
Published
July 17, 2023

From Afghanistan to Maine: How Nazifa Haidari and 2 of her children came to Lewiston

One asylum seeker from Afghanistan shares her family's story and her continuing efforts to reunite with her husband and children left during the United States withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.
Published
July 17, 2023

Portland is bringing back home-share program for asylum seekers

Hosts in Portland will be eligible for payment but are being asked to commit to a longer time frame than in 2019, when a voluntary program was used to house people leaving the Portland Expo.
Published
July 2, 2023

In Unity, idea to house asylum seekers in dorms divides a town

Some say absorbing up to 600 new arrivals would be untenable, even though the community has welcomed as many college students for decades.
Published
June 30, 2023

Portland asks Mills to house asylum seekers at college campus in Unity or call in National Guard

The letter to the governor, spurred by a proposal from the Greater Portland Council of Governments, comes as the city is preparing to close a shelter for asylum seekers at the Portland Expo on Aug. 16.

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Published
June 28, 2023

Asylum seekers protest conditions at Portland Expo, lack of long-term plan

City officials met with the protesters, who say they have been served expired food and worry about where they will go when the Expo closes in mid-August.
Published
June 27, 2023

South Portland, state agree to provide transitional housing for asylum seekers

MaineHousing and Catholic Charities will operate a temporary shelter at the Howard Johnson hotel, where more than 350 people in hotels across the city will be moved in July.
Published
June 26, 2023

State hopes to use South Portland hotel as second shelter for asylum seekers

The City Council is scheduled to vote on the plan, which mirrors an arrangement the state already has with Portland.
Published
June 25, 2023

In a Sanford kitchen, a community comes together to welcome asylum seekers

The kitchen at the Nasson Community Center has become a gathering space for asylum seeking families to check in on one another over vast pots of food from their homelands.
Published
June 22, 2023

These 4 asylum seekers spent months sleeping on the streets of Portland

Private fundraising efforts are helping the men find shelter for now, but they worry about their long-term housing options as city shelters remain full.