Following an announcement from Cambridge City Council (22/10) that it would aim to resettle 200 refugees in a five-year window, talks have begun to take place between Nicky Massey, Executive Councillor for Transport and Community Safety, Chris Philp MP, Parliamentary Under-Secretary for the Home Office, and Cambridge MP Daniel Zeichner as to how the target will be achieved.
The talks come after Mr Zeichner challenged the Home Secretary, Priti Patel, in the House of Commons last month (11/11) regarding “the bureaucratic hurdles” faced by local authorities who are “keen to do more”, asking for representatives from the Government and local authorities to meet in order to “smooth further resettlement.