Get the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox so you never miss a thing Bolton Council will ‘push back’ on settling any cross-Channel refugees in the borough but will ‘play its part’ in any official process to house those fleeing Afghanistan, the authority’s leader has said.
Coun Martyn Cox addressed councillors on the subject as the Greater Manchester Combined Authority released details of the situation as plane loads of people fleeing Kabul airport arrived in the region.
Coun Cox said it was time for the government to deliver a ‘more equitable solution’ to the dispersal and settlement of refugees and asylum seekers while recognising the ‘complex’ situation in Afghanistan. READ MORE:Gun attack on quiet street at night was
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