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Hot Topics: Refugees and Asylum Seekers: Refugees and Asylees in Maine

This guide provides resources on refugees and asylum seekers

Starting Points

FAQs
From the Catholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration Services, with helpful statistics and infographics
"Among those helping Maine’s new arrivals: Other immigrants"
Christian Science Monitor, 08/13/2019
"Asylum Seekers: Update on Where They Are and How They are Doing in Maine"
Maine Public, 10/07/2019
"Here's a look at the process of seeking asylum and why it's different this time"
WGME, 06/15/2019
"How Refugees Get Settled in Maine"
Joint story between Maine Public and Bangor Daily News
"How refugees make their way to Maine"
Bangor Daily News, 11/19/2015
"Maine Needed New, Young Residents. African Migrants Began Arriving by the Dozens"
New York Times, 06/23/2019
"New Trump administration plan may keep Maine asylum seekers from working"
Bangor, Daily News, 11/15/2019
"Portland, Maine, turns ‘crisis’ to ‘opportunity’ for African migrants"
06/17/2019
"Refugees and Asylees in Maine"
Maine Public Radio, 12/23/2013
"Refugees poured into my state. Here’s how it changed me."
Christian Science Monitor, 10/28/2019
"Schools in Portland, Maine, Open Their Arms to Refugees, but Academic Progress Remains Elusive. Now, an Immigrant Superintendent Is Pushing for Change"
The 74, 09/24/2019
"The Recent Influx Of African Asylum-Seekers Is Taxing Social Services In Maine"
NPR, 06/19/2019
"Refugees are unlikely in Penobscot County, but commissioners have OK’d their resettlement"
Bangor Daily News, 1/28/2020

Ways to Help

"How can you help asylum seekers in Portland?"
News Center Maine, 6/14/19
Emergency Support for Refugees and Asylum Seekers
Employ a Refugee

Statistics & Analysis

A chart showing the number of intakes in served by the Catholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration Services since 2013 (Courtesy of the Catholic Charities Maine Refugee and Immigration Services)

Maine Immigration Data Profile
Data from the Migration Policy Institute

Media

New Mainers Speak
A bi-weekly half-hour Maine radio program hosted by a social worker in Portland, Maine
"Refugee Chorus from Maine Releases New Song on World Children’s Day"
News article and video of performance from the United Nations Refugee Agency

Helpful Websites and Organizations

General

Specific services or communities

Last Updated: Apr 25, 2022 11:05 AM
URL: https://libguides.library.umaine.edu/refugees_asylum_seekers
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Subjects: Peace & Reconciliation Studies, Political Science

Tags: asylees, asylum seekers, forced migration, hot topics, immigration, refugees