Maine gears up to welcome double the number of refugees in 2024
Eight-hundred-forty refugees are expected to come to Maine in the fiscal year 2024, according to the Office of Maine Refugee Services.
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Eight-hundred-forty refugees are expected to come to Maine in the fiscal year 2024, according to the Office of Maine Refugee Services.
Community support has pulled through to help settle Afghan refugees in Maine. Expecting, over an eight-month period, to receive refugees taken out of Afghanistan within days of the U.S. military withdrawal, “we had 100 arrive in eight weeks,” according to one employee with Maine’s Immigrant & Refugee Services.
A total of 100 expected to arrive over eight months arrived in eight weeks.
A total of 100 expected to arrive over eight months arrived in eight weeks.