Volunteer Julie Haddad of Scarborough plays with Melissa Paoula Ononye, 10, at an emergency shelter for asylum seekers at the Portland Expo.
Papy Bongibo speaks on the phone while volunteering with asylum seekers in the emergency shelter set up at the Portland Expo on Wednesday.
Mufalo Chitam, the executive director of Maine Immigrant Rights Coalition, works in the emergency shelter set up at the Portland Expo for asylum seekers on Wednesday.
Sarah Carnahan plays catch with a child in the emergency shelter set up at the Portland Expo for asylum seeker families on Wednesda. Carnahan, of Vienna, volunteers through Maine Responds.
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