Tagged: NH's Immigration Story

As a farmer in Bhutan, Laxmi Narayan Mishre provided food and stability for his family.

But when ethnic tensions flared in the small Himalayan country, his land was seized.

With his wife and ten children, Mishre would spend the next two decades living in a cramped refugee camp in neighboring Nepal. Rumors swirled about a possible resettlement to America, and what life would be like here.

All week we're playing excerpts from the documentary, "New Hampshire's Immigration Story" which airs this Friday at noon. In this installment, Keith Shields looks at the unique story of the French Canadians and how their idea of "La Survivance" allowed them to maintain their culture as they lived in the Granite State

This week we wrap up our series, New Hampshire's Immigration Story with a week of stories on the immigration history of our state. In our installment, Keith Shields explores the story of our state’s first major immigrant group... the Irish

This past Saturday, about 200 people came together for the Immigrant Integration in New Hampshire Conference. The intent of the gathering was to highlight the positive benefits immigrants have on New Hampshire’s business and communities. It was also to share ideas on what works well for integrating new comers to the state. As part of NHPR’s ongoing series New Hampshire’s Immigration Story, I spoke with Kelly Laflamme, the Program Director of the Endowment for Health, and an organizer of the event. She said the conference brought together a diverse set of people and agencies.

Photos: Mary-Catherine Jones, you can view her work here.