Aberdeen City Council has announced the city will be able to take in around 100 refugees.
Bosses at the council met this morning to discuss how the city can help with the refugee crisis.
Chair of Aberdeen Community Planning Partnership, Councillor Jenny Laing, said: “A task force set up in response to the ongoing international refugee crisis met for the first time in Aberdeen this morning.
“Following the meeting, we will be informing the UK and Scottish governments via the Convention of Scottish Local Authorities (Cosla) that the Aberdeen Community Planning Partnership stands ready to play our part in assisting those fleeing conflict and that we will participate in the UK Home Office’s Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.
“Subject to further discussions with both the UK and Scottish government, we can say that our scenario planning at this stage would allow Aberdeen to accept a 5% share of the estimated 2,000 refugees coming to Scotland as part of the 20,000 likely to be admitted UK-wide.
“A complex package of support based around housing, education, DWP benefits and health care is required, and we want to ensure that those refugees who come to Aberdeen are integrated into our communities in a way that reflects the kind-hearted nature of Aberdonians. Going forward, we will be working with community organisations, faith groups and volunteer organisations in the city to deliver the best possible outcome for those who will be arriving in Aberdeen.”
Last week a council spokesman confirmed its housing, social care, education and homelessness services had entered discussions about how it could help with the humanitarian crisis.
He added: “We have not yet been contacted by the Scottish Government. However we are working on contingency planning in light of the recent refugee crisis and will work with partner agencies where appropriate to do what we can to assist.”
More than 10 million Syrians – around 45% of the country’s population – have been displaced since the outbreak of war.
Of that number, 6.5million remain in their home country whilst about 4million have left to seek refuge abroad.
In the first five months of 2015 alone, more than 153,000 migrants were detected at Europe’s borders.