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East Midlands Councils pledge 950 places for Syrian refugees (12 September 2016)

Date: 12/09/2016
Duncan Lewis, Immigration Solicitors, East Midlands Councils pledge 950 places for Syrian refugees

East Midlands Councils have pledged 950 places for Syrian refugees in more than 21 local authority areas in the East Midlands, for the duration of the government programme to accept 20,000 refugees from camps along the Syrian border.

In August, the East Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership responded to the Home Affairs Select Committee Report on Migration, which suggests councils need to do more to support Syrian refugee families.

East Midlands Councils said:

“The data in the report is inaccurate, as well as out-of-date – it is unfortunate that the Home Affairs Committee did not contact the East Midlands Strategic Migration Partnership prior to publication, as we would have been happy to provide evidence to the committee and to correct the errors in the report.”

As at the end of March, accurate figures for those resettled in the East Midlands were 44 refugees in Nottingham City, five refugees in Broxtowe Borough, 16 refugees in Gedling Borough, 16 refugees in Mansfield District and 15 refugees in Leicester City.

East Midlands Councils added that councils in the East Midlands had “an excellent track record in welcoming asylum seeking and refugee children and their families for many years” – and continued to work hard to support the Syrian resettlement scheme, alongside all the other schemes in current operation.

Additional Syrian refugee families have arrived since the data was published in March – and East Midlands Councils said local authorities were keen to ensure that new arrivals received appropriate support for their needs.

Councils in the region have developed responses to the different schemes accordingly.

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