Por: Portland Press Herald Nation November 28, 2022
A regional planning agency is relaunching its effort to raise money for transitional housing for asylum seekers as local governments grapple with an influx of newcomers amid a housing crisis. The Greater Portland Council of Governments, a coalition of 25 towns and cities, is trying to fundraise $2 million of the total $43 million it hopes to get from local, state and federal government sources to provide 200 housing units. “We have an... + full article
Portland Press Herald USA Business October 19, 2023
Rep. Chellie Pingree’s proposal to reduce asylum seekers’ wait time for work permits from six months to 30 days is the focus of a new national campaign aimed at winning support in a divided and dysfunctional Congress. Refugees International launched the #LetAsylumSeekersWork... + más
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ABC News USA World June 29, 2023
LONDON -- A British court ruled Thursday that a government plan to send asylum-seekers on a one-way trip to Rwanda is unlawful, delivering a blow to the Conservative administration's pledge to stop migrants making risky journeys across the English Channel.In a split... + más
More pressure on Rwanda as France condemns backing rebels | Associated Press
Appeals court says British plan to send asylum seekers to Rwanda is unlawful | Los Angeles Times
The Boston Globe USA Opinion May 08, 2023
As Title 42 is set to expire May 11, the Biden administration announced a new rule, misleadingly named “,” that will actually in the United States. The new policy, known as the Asylum Transit Ban, is remarkably similar to a terrible 2019 policy by the Trump administration,... + más
Putin's military adopting Wagner Group tactics after failed offensives: ISW | Newsweek
Immigration divide sharpens, poll shows; needed legislation stalls | Los Angeles Times
Portland Press Herald USA Nation March 10, 2023
Asylum seekers mill about the city’s family shelter after dinner in late February. Ben McCanna/Staff Photographer U.S. Sen. Susan Collins is calling on federal officials at the southern border to stop sending asylum seekers to Portland and other communities without first... + más
Mayor Adams hunkers down for frigid night with migrants inside Brooklyn Cruise Terminal | New York Daily News
Requesting asylum is supposed to be free. But corruption in Tijuana means many have to pay | Los Angeles Times
Portland Press Herald USA Nation February 20, 2023
The West End Apartments building by Avesta Housing under construction last week at 600 Westbrook St. in South Portland. Brianna Soukup/Staff Photographer SOUTH PORTLAND — Asylum seekers staying in local hotels could begin moving into 52 new apartments on Westbrook Street in a... + más
Influx of asylum seekers pushing Portland to brink of its ability to serve those in need | Portland Press Herald
Portland Press Herald USA Nation February 04, 2023
Federal and state lawmakers are renewing efforts to shorten the amount of time asylum seekers must wait before they can work and become self-sufficient. Local officials in communities such as Portland, a destination for waves of people seeking asylum, have called on federal... + más
Portland scrambling to find housing for pregnant asylum seekers | Portland Press Herald
Los Angeles Times USA Nation December 11, 2022
When a Russian family, threatened because of their opposition to the war in Ukraine, recently arrived in Tijuana, they tried every tactic they'd heard of to reach the United States and request asylum. After being turned away at the border, they found a Telegram channel,... + más
Biden changes led to a historic number of court-granted asylum cases. | NBC News
US shift on Venezuelan migrants fuels anxiety in Mexico | ABC News
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