THE leader of Redditch Borough Council, Councillor Bill Harnett (Lab, Church Hill) is scheduled to appear on Centre TV tonight, Tuesday (January 26) talking about plans that could see up to 200 refugees coming to Worcestershire over five years.
The county last year did a U-turn on whether or not to take in any people fleeing the conflicts in the Middle East with the pressure group Malvern Welcomes Syrian Refugees at the forefront of the campaign to get the decision reversed.
Plans are now being laid for the first group of 50 to arrive in Worcestershire.
Coun Harnett, who will be speaking on Central on behalf of all the county’s leaders said: “We do not know the make-up of the 50 and how many families but logically 50 individuals could equate to two families in each of the county’s six districts.”
All the funding for the refugees, who are in camps in the Lebanon and Syria, will be paid for by central government and no council taxpayers money or council houses will be used to accommodate them.
There will be further coverage on Central TV of the county’s plans for the refugees tomorrow, Wednesday, and Thursday (Jan 27-28).
