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Some in Lewiston's Somali community said the shooting brought back traumatic memories of the violence that had forced them to flee home decades ago.
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Maine's three resettlement agencies are preparing to welcome up to 840 refugees in fiscal year 2024, which began this month. That's twice as many as they resettled in the previous fiscal year.
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The Somali Bantu Community Association and Mi'lmaq Nation are exchanging farmed African flint corn and brook trout in a first-of-its kind exchange.
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Soubanh Phanthay is originally from Laos, and has served as Brewer's deputy mayor for the last two years.
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The organization says it expects to resettle 20 to 50 individuals in Bangor over the next year.
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One Ukrainian-born Mainer in Pownal has taken in two families, with plans to welcome more.
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Pingree called the Biden Administration's plan to welcome up to 100,000 Ukrainians an important step.
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Congresswoman Chellie Pingree is touring Poland and Romania this week as part of a bipartisan congressional delegation. She said Polish people in particular have opened their homes to Ukrainian refugees, and called for the U.S. to do the same.
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The JCA could be begin working with refugees as soon as next month.
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Up to 100 displaced Afghan citizens will be resettled in Maine under a new State Department program, following the withdrawal of U.S. forces in that country. Catholic Charities Maine will administer the resettlement process, which will continue through March of next year.