Immigration

As part of its renovation efforts, the museum put a call out to its own residents, asking for personal items related to their global heritage.

Migrants look for last resort options: Do they get short-term shelter now, or wait for a longer stay?

This week marks three years since the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan fell to the Taliban. In that time, one retired Vermont judge has helped over 200 women Afghan judges flee persecution.

Small-scale efforts to help migrants are happening all over the Boston Area, from churches and activists opening up spaces to Haitians lending a hand to compatriots who arrive with nothing.

Alejandra Gonzalez Zertuche’s paintings often depict people working at their jobs, trying to make a go of the American dream. Her art is colorful and big.

Even as many churches in Maine and across the country face declining membership, the state has a growing number of churches run by and serving African immigrant communities.

The survey conducted by UMass Amherst and WCVB shows only a slight dip in those who are in favor from October 2023 to May 2024.

Around 250 asylum seekers, mostly from Angola, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Haiti, have arrived in the city over the last year.

The group of migrants that was housed at a Yarmouth motel for seven months has been relocated to shelters off-Cape, where there is staff to help them.

For many Haitians in Connecticut, getting help is hard enough. But finding someone who can actually communicate with them is even harder.