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.

Photos: Lewiston immigrant community celebrates back to school

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.

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.

Rotary Club of Bethel providing leftover furniture to Lewiston immigrants and refugees

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.

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.

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.

Portland scrambling to find housing for pregnant asylum seekers

With the federal Emergency Rental Assistance program coming to an end, city officials and nonprofits are especially worried about finding housing for at least two dozen pregnant asylum seekers.

Three who narrowly escaped Kabul rebuild their lives in Maine

They are among more than 260 Afghans who have settled in the state since U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021.