Refugees

• UK half way to meeting target of resettling 20,000 refugees

  The UK has passed the half way mark in its commitment to resettle 20,000 refugees by 2020.

  

• Council ‘struggling’ to resettle refugees

  A Welsh authority is struggling to rehouse Syrian refugees because of a shortage of suitable housing.

  

• Councils must be ‘fully resourced’ to house refugees, open letter says

  The Government must ensure local authorities are ‘fairly and fully financially resourced’ to house asylum seekers, an open letter from refugee groups says.

  

• Councils resettle over one third of Gov’s Syrian refugee target

  Over 8,500 Syrian refugees have been resettled by more than 200 local authorities under the Vulnerable Persons Resettlement (VPR) scheme, new figures have revealed.

  

• Whitehall announces £1m of refugee support funds

  The home secretary today announced £1m of extra funding to help communities support Syrian refugees.

  

• Asylum seekers face destitution due to lack of Gov support, charity warns

  The Government is going against its own guidance and allowing asylum seekers to fall into destitution, charity warns.

  

• MPs condemn ‘unfair’ two-tier system of refugee protection

  MPs have condemned the ‘two-tier system of refugee protection’ which is leaving refugees homeless and destitute, undermining their integration prospects.

  

• Councils can take 4,000 unaccompanied child migrants, MPs claim

  Councils have the capacity to take up to 4,000 unaccompanied child migrants providing they are handed Government cash to support any new scheme, MPs report.

  

• 200 councils house Syrian refugees, figures reveal

  More than 200 local authorities across the UK have housed Syrian refugees in the last one and a half years, new figures reveal.

  

• Whitehall’s war on unaccompanied minors

  William Eichler argues the decision to scrap the Dubs scheme for child refugee should come as no surprise.