Refugees and immigrants

Advocates for immigrants are urging state lawmakers to pass a bill that would extend New York’s Essential Plan health care coverage to immigrants whose status currently leaves them ineligible for federal support.

Up to 100 Afghan evacuees will be welcomed to stay in temporary housing on the Buffalo State College campus as part of their resettlement, said Gov. Kathy Hochul, as her office announced evacuees will be allowed access to SUNY's Educational Opportunity Centers.

Local organizations who work to welcome and resettle immigrants and refugees say the first few Afghan evacuees expected to come here have arrived. A coalition preparing to help accommodate and settle them offered an update Thursday on a campaign raising funds to support that effort.

From cutting the number of refugee admissions to “Remain in Mexico,” the Trump administration enacted several new immigration policies in 2019. For Making…

Two University at Buffalo students are spending their winter break volunteering at a remote school in Nepal—and it’s not just a service trip. For Pemba…

Making Buffalo Home is a WNED | WBFO multiyear project looking at the impact immigrants and refugees are making in our community. As WBFO's Kyle Mackie…

Buffalo residents who came to the region as refugees and representatives of agencies who support local resettlement efforts gathered Friday to rally and…

Despite the president's heated claims about refugees and immigrants - a local organization continues helping new arrivals. The International Institute of…