The increase comes after a considerable slowdown in recent years due to travel restrictions from the pandemic and during former President Donald Trump’s travel ban.
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Refugees from Ukraine could be placed in Alaska communities where they have family ties
The state’s refugee coordinator has told local officials that refugees fleeing the war in Ukraine will begin arriving in Alaska over the next year or two.
At Anchorage farm, refugees in Alaska gain training and economic opportunity
The farm took the place of a vacant parking lot. Today it’s tended by more than 20 immigrant and refugee farmers who live in Anchorage.
Providers say low-income children, families in Alaska will bear disproportionate weight of Dunleavy budget vetoes
There are 42,000 children living in Alaska households that receive some form of public assistance, and the state’s budget cuts will likely touch all of them.