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asylum seekers

Published
September 12, 2023

Falmouth Town Council contributes $25,000 to regional effort to house asylum seekers

The funding will go toward GPCOG's Safe in Maine project for transitional housing.
Published
September 12, 2023

Commentary: Above all, Maine needs welcoming communities

Asylum seekers need more than work permits to succeed.
Published
September 3, 2023

Commentary: Businesses need reform of asylum seeker work authorization

Lots of red tape stands between new Mainers and the labor force. Fortunately, a common-sense solution is on the table.
Published
August 30, 2023

Our View: To invest in immigrant pupils is to invest in the future

A big effort by Maine schools to accommodate English language learners will have a big return for their communities.
Published
August 28, 2023

Local schools make last-minute push to prepare for new students from asylum-seeking families

In Freeport and Sanford, schools have hired English instructors and made other adjustments needed to welcome dozens of new students.

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Published
August 17, 2023

Freeport hotel home to 40 asylum-seeking families after Portland closes arena shelter

The City of Portland negotiated a yearlong contract with Freeport's Casco Bay Inn to house 40 asylum-seeking families, who will choose to enroll their children in either Portland or Freeport school systems.
Published
August 16, 2023

Portland moves remaining asylum seekers to hotels as Expo shelter closes

The 60 families still at the Expo on Wednesday were taken by school bus and city vans to hotels in Freeport and Lewiston.
Published
August 15, 2023

Asylum seekers in Portland Expo will move to hotels in Lewiston, Freeport

The city's spokeswoman said Tuesday that it has contracted with a hotel in Lewiston, in addition to one in Freeport, to house asylum seekers starting Wednesday.
Published
August 15, 2023

Towns donating toward regional effort to house asylum seekers

The early financial contributions will go toward "catalyzing and supporting" a transitional housing project spearheaded by GPCOG.
Published
August 11, 2023

City plans to contract with 2 hotels to house asylum seekers remaining at Portland Expo

The plans were announced with the Wednesday deadline for closing the Expo approaching and 192 people still living there.