Kirklees Council has taken in almost as many Syrian refugees as Calderdale and Wakefield combined, it has been revealed.
The authority has helped to resettle 50 refugees fleeing violence in their homeland since 2014.
The families are being taken in under the Government’s Syrian Resettlement Programme, as well as children coming to the UK under the ‘Dubs’ Amendment Act.
The majority of councils in Yorkshire and the Humber have taken in refugees, although Doncaster has yet to take any.
Barnsley has taken in six people, while Hull has taken in 11 and Rotherham 10.
Calderdale has resettled 29 refugees, and Wakefield has taken in 22 - 51 in total.
Dave Brown, head of Migration Yorkshire which has helped in the resettlements, said: “The people of Yorkshire have shown a warm welcome and offered practical support to refugee families and children this year, just as we have in previous humanitarian crises.
“The number in Yorkshire and Humber is very small compared to the five million people living here.
“This second chance in life is invaluable to families escaping unimaginable trauma or torture, and to vulnerable children without parents who have been living in horrendous conditions in makeshift camps.”
