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Dover, NH update: No refugees coming (yet!), but mayor wants a plan and federal legislation…

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…..that would give local communities more say in the matter, assure financial help! This is an update of the hot story we reported last summer about the possibility of the US State Department granting authority to a wannabe refugee resettlement agency to begin resettling refugees into the Tri-cities area of New Hampshire.  The nascent plan … Continue reading Dover, NH update: No refugees coming (yet!), but mayor wants a plan and federal legislation…

Major media mentions refugee resettlement moratorium calls in New England

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Thanks to everyone who has sent me one version or another of this story about calls for refugee resettlement moratoriums in Springfield, Mass, Lewiston, Maine, and Manchester, NH.***    Regular readers here know the problems in those three New England cities well, so it is not news to us. However…. What is news is that … Continue reading Major media mentions refugee resettlement moratorium calls in New England

Manchester, NH mayor: resettlement contractor breaks promise

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The International Institute of New England (also a Limon family enterprise) says they never intended to slow the flow of refugees to overloaded Manchester beyond one year.  Readers new to Refugee Resettlement should know that resettlement occurs on a fiscal year basis that begins on October 1 and runs to September 30th of the following … Continue reading Manchester, NH mayor: resettlement contractor breaks promise

NH Mayor: Still too many refugees being placed in Manchester

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We’ve written dozens of posts over the last few years about Manchester, NH and its refugee overload.  For those of you struggling with overload in your cities and towns, Manchester’s plight is instructive.  Once the US State Department and their resettlement contractors get an ethnic seed community established, it’s almost impossible to stop the flow. … Continue reading NH Mayor: Still too many refugees being placed in Manchester

Manchester, NH mayor still trying to slow the flow of refugees to the overloaded city

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Longtime readers know that the resettlement of refugees to Manchester, NH has been contentious for years.  Recently an effort was made, but failed in the State Legislature to allow for temporary moratoriums on refugee resettlement to NH towns. Here is the latest from Manchester.  From the Union Leader: MANCHESTER — The International Institute of New … Continue reading Manchester, NH mayor still trying to slow the flow of refugees to the overloaded city