Issue - meetings
Resettlement of Refugee Households
Meeting: 22/03/2017 - Mayor and Cabinet (Item 595)
595 Resettlement of Refugee Households 
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Decision:
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet
Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor agreed
that:
(1) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer
Services and Resources and Regeneration to enter into a formal agreement
with the Home Office’s Refugee Resettlement Unit to resettle refugee
households referred from the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme
(VCRS) in Lewisham;
(2) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer
Services and Resources and Regeneration to resettle these VCRS refugee
households in the same proportion as the two Government announcements in
respect of the SVPR programme and VCRS schemes which has set national
targets to resettle 20000 individuals under SVPR and 3000 individuals under
VCRS; and
(3) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer
Services and Resources and Regeneration to resettle potentially more than
10 refugee families in total, as funding and feasibility allows.
Minutes:
The report was introduced by Councillor Kevin Bonavia who praised the
involvement of faith and community groups in assisting with the resettlements.
The Mayor added that the way in which entire project had been progressed
made him feel proud of Lewisham
Having considered an officer report, and a presentation by the Cabinet
Member for Resources, Councillor Kevin Bonavia, the Mayor agreed
that:
(1) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer
Services and Resources and Regeneration to enter into a formal agreement
with the Home Office’s Refugee Resettlement Unit to resettle refugee
households referred from the Vulnerable Children Resettlement Scheme
(VCRS) in Lewisham;
(2) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer
Services and Resources and Regeneration to resettle these VCRS refugee
households in the same proportion as the two Government announcements in
respect of the SVPR programme and VCRS schemes which has set national
targets to resettle 20000 individuals under SVPR and 3000 individuals under
VCRS; and
(3) responsibility be delegated to the Executive Directors for Customer
Services and Resources and Regeneration to resettle potentially more than
10 refugee families in total, as funding and feasibility allows.