Refugees /tags/refugees Refugees en-US 开云体育 Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT In Brattleboro, a group of refugees prepares for a new life at American colleges /local-news/2025-02-13/brattleboro-group-refugees-prepares-for-new-life-american-colleges A group of 85 refugees from Jordan and Syria are in Brattleboro taking part in a first-of-its-kind college preparatory program as they get ready to attend American universities and colleges in the fall. Thu, 13 Feb 2025 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-02-13/brattleboro-group-refugees-prepares-for-new-life-american-colleges Howard Weiss-Tisman President Trump's pause on the refugee resettlement program is already impacting Vermont /local-news/2025-01-30/president-trumps-refugee-resettlement-program-pause-impacting-vermont From work stoppages to canceled flights, here's how President Donald Trump's recent actions are impacting Vermont's refugee agencies and the communities they serve. Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-01-30/president-trumps-refugee-resettlement-program-pause-impacting-vermont Mary Williams Engisch, Adiah Gholston For Afghan refugees in Vermont, homeownership can become reality with new program /local-news/2025-01-23/afghan-family-dreams-homeownership-new-program-make-it-reality Hundreds of Afghan refugees have settled in Vermont in recent years. Now, one of those families wants to make the state feel more like home by buying a house. And they鈥檙e taking advantage of a new partnership intended to make that dream more achievable. Thu, 23 Jan 2025 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2025-01-23/afghan-family-dreams-homeownership-new-program-make-it-reality Adiah Gholston How growing food (in a shipping container) connects New American communities in Vermont /local-news/2024-12-09/how-growing-food-shipping-container-connects-new-american-communities-vermont "On the surface it looks like we're just giving away free veggies," said Nour El-Naboulsi. "But we are bringing our community members into a solidarity fold." Mon, 09 Dec 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-12-09/how-growing-food-shipping-container-connects-new-american-communities-vermont Elodie Reed 'Everyone understood magic': 2 Vermont magicians on spreading joy across the globe /local-news/2024-08-16/magicians-without-borders-spreading-joy-across-globe Following a recent visit to Ukraine and Poland, 开云体育 checked in with Magicians Without Borders, a nonprofit run by Lincoln's Tom Verner and his partner Janet Fredericks that uses magic to entertain, educate and empower. Fri, 16 Aug 2024 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-08-16/magicians-without-borders-spreading-joy-across-globe Jenn Jarecki, Nathaniel Wilson Vermont House passes bill that would expedite New Americans' access to education grants /local-news/2024-04-25/vermont-house-passes-bill-new-americans-access-education-grants The legislation would eliminate a one-year residency requirement for grants that cover workforce training and courses like driver's ed. The bill already passed in the Senate. Thu, 25 Apr 2024 18:02:38 GMT /local-news/2024-04-25/vermont-house-passes-bill-new-americans-access-education-grants Bob Kinzel Vermont wants to resettle more refugees, but may not have enough housing /local-news/2024-01-25/vermont-wants-to-resettle-more-refugees-but-may-not-have-enough-housing Organizations in Vermont plan to increase the number of refugees they take in this year to roughly 600 people. But the state鈥檚 housing crisis could get in the way. Thu, 25 Jan 2024 10:00:00 GMT /local-news/2024-01-25/vermont-wants-to-resettle-more-refugees-but-may-not-have-enough-housing Mary Williams Engisch, Adiah Gholston Refugees and resettlement organizations in Vermont ask for housing help /show/vermont-edition/2024-01-22/refugees-and-resettlement-organizations-in-vermont-ask-for-housing-help Leaders of refugee resettlement agencies are asking the state to help fund temporary and long-term housing for refugees. Mon, 22 Jan 2024 21:16:51 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2024-01-22/refugees-and-resettlement-organizations-in-vermont-ask-for-housing-help Mikaela Lefrak, Daniela Fierro Vermont's floods washed away gardens providing food security, community for these Burlington farmers /local-news/2023-07-20/vermonts-floods-washed-away-gardens-providing-food-security-community-for-these-burlington-farmers Farmers growing culturally significant foods with the New Farms for New Americans program lost their crops to the past week's severe flooding. Thu, 20 Jul 2023 09:00:00 GMT /local-news/2023-07-20/vermonts-floods-washed-away-gardens-providing-food-security-community-for-these-burlington-farmers Joia Putnoi A new US-Canada deal makes it harder for migrants to claim asylum. How does Vermont factor in? /show/vermont-edition/2023-04-07/a-new-us-canada-deal-makes-it-harder-for-migrants-to-claim-asylum-how-does-vermont-factor-in Host Mikaela Lefrak speaks with an immigration attorney in Vermont and the head of a refugee center in Montreal about U.S.-Canada border relations and asylum seekers. Fri, 07 Apr 2023 20:31:26 GMT /show/vermont-edition/2023-04-07/a-new-us-canada-deal-makes-it-harder-for-migrants-to-claim-asylum-how-does-vermont-factor-in Mikaela Lefrak, Andrea Laurion