Comes after town shown to have highest proportion of asylum seekers in England - becoming only place in the country to breach national guidelines
Middlesbrough is to lead a regional project to promote understanding of migration and to support local asylum seeker and refugee networks.
It comes after the town was shown to have the highest proportion of asylum seekers in England - becoming the only place in the country to breach national guidelines, as reported last week by The Gazette.
Discussions between Middlesbrough Council and the Home Office has led to an offer of Government funding for the North East Strategic Migration Partnership.
The decision means Middlesbrough can access £67,000 of Government funding to take the partnership forward until the end of March 2015, but further funding is likely to be made available on an annual basis.
The Government says no local authority area should need to accommodate more than one asylum seeker per 200 of population.
But a Middlesbrough Council report has revealed almost 1,000 asylum seekers are currently being housed in the town - almost one-and-a-half times the Government limit.
Cllr Brenda Thompson, Middlesbrough Council’s Executive member for supporting communities, welcomed the decision saying Middlesbrough will lead the way to give support to asylum seeker and refugee networks.
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