Refugee Settlement Update
To receive a verbal update from the Joint Head Community and Wellbeing, Deborah Ashman.
Minutes:
The Committee received a verbal update on refugee settlement in the Borough from the Deputy Chief Executive, Terry Collier.
Terry advised the Committee that another family had recently arrived in the short term temporary accommodation in the Borough bringing the number of people in temporary residences to 73. 14 families had now found permanent housing elsewhere in the country and had now moved out of the Borough.
Two properties had been sourced within the Borough to provide permanent accommodation but the Committee were advised that a further 3 properties were being sought. The Council had already received notification from the Home Office that they had identified a family that they would like to place in one of the existing 2 houses.
The Committee resolved to note the update.