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Global resettlement scheme and asylum seeker dispersal scheme

Meeting: 08/10/2019 - Cabinet (Item 26)

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To consider the head of housing and environment’s report. 

Minutes:

Cabinet considered the report of the head of housing and environment which provided an appraisal of options for participation in the Government’s Global Resettlement Scheme and Asylum Dispersal Scheme.

 

The Global Resettlement Scheme replaced previous refugee schemes, including the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Resettlement Scheme. Participation in the scheme was voluntary and the council could decide how many families it would pledge to resettle in the district.

 

Under the Asylum Dispersal Scheme, the Home Office was seeking an “agreement in principle” that would permit an accommodation provider to source accommodation for asylum seekers in South Oxfordshire. 

 

RESOLVED to: 

 

(a)      participate in both schemes, details of which are set out in the report of the head of housing and environment to Cabinet on 8 October 2019.

 

(b)      accept three families within the current service design for the Global Resettlement Scheme.

 

(c)     review both schemes after one year.


 

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