New England Has Welcomed 650 Syrian Refugees in Past Year

A Syrian man cooks on a makesift fire at Ritsona refugee camp north of Athens, which hosts about 600 refugees and migrants on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016. The European Union's border agency says the number of migrants arriving in the Greek islands has increased significantly over the last month. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

A Syrian man cooks on a makesift fire at Ritsona refugee camp north of Athens, which hosts about 600 refugees and migrants on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016.  (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)

BOSTON (AP) — New England has taken in nearly 650 Syrian refugees since President Barack Obama set a goal last year to take in 10,000 refugees across the country.

Most of the refugees in New England have resettled in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Rhode Island.

Connecticut has taken in 334 refugees, the most of any New England state.

Massachusetts has accepted 145 refugees despite initial hesitations expressed by Republican Gov. Charlie Baker.

Rhode Island has welcomed 116 refugees, followed by Maine with 39 and New Hampshire with 14. No refugees have settled in Vermont.

Last month, the White House announced the goal was met. Obama set the goal Oct. 1, 2015.

Most of the refugees have clustered around large cities like Springfield in Massachusetts, Providence in Rhode Island and New Haven in Connecticut.

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