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The solemn, multiday commemoration brought together hundreds of attendees from across the country and the world.

Around 250 asylum seekers, mostly from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti, have arrived in the city over the last year.

Earlier this year, aid groups in Portland, Maine, saw an alarming rise in the number of pregnant migrants in need of housing. Scrambling for a response, one Portland-based nonprofit came up with a creative solution: converting a former convent for elderly nuns into a supportive housing program. Maine Public Radio's Ari Snider reports on how this program could be a model for

Somali Bantu refugees began arriving in Maine about 20 years ago, fleeing civil war in their home country. Many have put down roots in central Maine, where several hundred people cultivate plots on a community farm. This year, Somali Bantu farmers offered two pallet loads of produce to members of the Mi’kmaq Nation, in a first of its kind food exchange. Maine Public Radio’s

Lewiston, Maine, the site of the latest large mass shooting in the US, is a city that has been transformed by immigrants, particularly a large community of refugees from Somalia. Maine Public Radio's Ari Snider reports on how Somalis in Lewiston, who fled violence in their homeland, are reacting to the violence in their new home.