Fig. 1

Financial impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on asylum-seekers and refugees in Portland, ME, 2021–2023. This diagram depicts the financial challenges experienced by asylum-seekers and refugees in Portland, ME during the COVID-19 pandemic, beginning on the left with barriers to getting and maintaining employment, flowing to negative impacts on income, which in turn impacted other key financial areas that were also directly affected by the pandemic including childcare, basic needs, housing, and healthcare