MORE refugees are to arrive in North Lanarkshire after the council agreed an increase.
North Lanarkshire Council had previously agreed to resettle 120 people from Syria, with 79 arriving so far.
A meeting of the council’s policy and resources committee yesterday agreed to welcome a total of 180 Syrian refugees to the area.
The council’s programme has been so successful that it won a major national award, scooping the Chartered Institute of Housing’s team of the year prize.
Airdrie, Coatbridge, Motherwell and Bellshill have all been the focus of resettlement efforts so far, with the council’s member officer working group agreeing that Wishaw and Cumbernauld will be next on the programme.
The committee heard that the Syrian refugees have settled well into their homes, with all children being welcomed into their new schools and the adults all attending English classes.
Councillor Pat O’Rourke said: “The people of North Lanarkshire have been amazing in their welcome to the new arrivals from Syria.
“But anyone can see from the television news every night that the humanitarian crisis in Syria is, if anything, getting worse.”
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