Burundis go to Burlington

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  The Burlington Free Press reported today that more refugees are expected in Vermont soon.

http://www.burlingtonfreepress.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070724/NEWS01/707240313

(just checked this link – Oct. 11, 2007 – and it doesn’t work anymore, sorry)

About 20 Burundi refugees from camps in Tanzania have arrived in the Burlington area, and an additional 100 refugees could arrive in the coming months.

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The largest refugee groups to come to Vermont in recent years are Somali Bantu, who resettled mostly in the Burlington area, and Meshketian Turks, who settled primarily in Barre and Waterbury. Under the resettlement program, refugees receive cash assistance while they get settled, as well as English lessons and help finding jobs and housing. They are also free to apply for welfare and public housing assistance.

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Many of Chittenden County’s refugees live in Burlington and Winooski because the two municipalities are home to much of the county’s publicly subsidized housing and private market rental stock. Because of the housing patterns, Burlington and Winooski public schools educate the lion’s share of refugee children in the county.

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