Councils have warned the Home Office not to impose unrealistic targets for asylum and resettlement schemes ahead of a consultation on the issue.
The Local Government Association (LGA) said Whitehall’s forthcoming consultation on the UK’s capacity to accommodate refugees through ‘safe and legal’ routes - a requirement of the new Illegal Migration Act - should not end with councils committed to numbers they cannot manage.
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