Members of Rutland Welcomes, a grassroots organization that’s been assisting with resettlement efforts, said four more Syrian families are expected to arrive in Rutland before Sept. 30.
Members said they heard the news from Amila Merdzonovic, the director of the Vermont Refugee Resettlement Program, who told them the cases have been confirmed for Rutland, but that few other details were available.
Merdzonovic said she had received few details concerning the families, which she said was not unusual, and that no one is scheduled to travel yet.
But she called the news “very exciting.”
After President Donald Trump’s executive orders, suspending the U.S. refugee program, many believed that the first two Syrian refugee families who resettled in Rutland would be the last.
Christopher Ettori, a member of the Rutland City Board of Aldermen and Rutland Welcomes, said he’s thrilled.
Volunteers with Rutland Welcomes said the first two families have settled in well.