YMCA serving as overflow site for newest asylum seekers

To serve nearly 100 asylum seekers, Brunswick looks to bolster staffing

An assistant would allow Cultural Broker Nsiona Nguizani to “handle some of the more complex issues,” instead of the routine responsibilities, Town Manager John Eldridge told the council this week.

Application process begins for reimbursement from asylum seeker fund

Maine Voices: Legislature missed opportunity by failing to propose bills supporting asylum seekers

Helping new Mainers make a life here would both address workforce needs and diversify our communities.

Commentary: Restore asylum for women fleeing abuse and death

A new bill would reopen a door to women and children fleeing abuse that had been closed by the Trump administration.

Our View: Helping asylum seekers, and others, helps Maine

There's no reason the state has to choose between giving migrants short-term aid and doing the same for other residents.

Our View: Proposed asylum rules are deliberately cruel

Denying people the ability to earn a living is the wrong way to treat those escaping persecution.

Bath library to hold second meeting on asylum seekers

Brunswick's cultural broker will discuss challenges the asylum seekers face and ways the community can help them.

Maine Voices: Initiative focuses on those in grip of trafficking, hidden in plain sight

Preble Street is striving to raise awareness of sexual and labor exploitation and help survivors reclaim their lives.

Jim Fossel: There’s room in the center for immigration reform

While there is deep disagreement on the partisan extremes, most Americans would support sensible reforms to increase legal immigration.