How Haitian migrants are finding their way to Mass.
Massachusetts’ strained shelter system has been struggling to keep up with an influx of families who are in need of housing. But where are these families coming from?Senior Health and Science Reporter Gabrielle Emmanuel set out to answer that question in a new story for WBUR.
The Common · WBUR
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Massachusetts’ strained shelter system has been struggling to keep up with an influx of families who are in need of housing. But where are these families coming from?
Senior Health and Science Reporter Gabrielle Emmanuel set out to answer that question in a new story for WBUR. She found that roughly half of the families seeking help through the state family shelter system are newly arrived migrants, mostly from Haiti. Also, this is not the first time they’ve had to start over somewhere new.
Today Gabrielle joins The Common to tell us more about the journey these families have endured on their way from Haiti to Massachusetts.
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