A council spokesperson said: "We are aware there are ongoing discussions taking place between Jomast and Mears about the housing of
asylum seekers in Newcastle.
Asylum seekers are permitted to access the labour market one month after the submission of an asylum application, according to the Refugee Law and Ministerial Decision 308/2018 issued at the end of October 2018, though the employment sectors accessible to
asylum seekers are limited.
Liverpool had the highest number of
asylum seekers in the region - 1,596, up from 1,527 in 2017.
In Germany - which took in a total of 154,485
asylum seekers - the ratio was one for every 534 of its existing population, while in Sweden it was one for every 657 and in Norway one for every 1,321.
Cities Cardiff, Newport and Swansea have been named as three out of 10 places in the UK with the highest number of
asylum seekers per head of population.
Prime Minister David Cameron's Witney constituency comes under West Oxfordshire District Council, which had no supported
asylum seekers at the end of 2015.
Normally three or four
asylum seekers have been living in one room.
The report contains the results of a national public consultation exercise, which reveals that most people do not understand where
asylum seekers come from.
Asylum Seeker Myth No 3: '
Asylum Seekers Are Illegal'
The Hotham Mission
Asylum Seeker Project is the only agency devoted almost exclusively to
asylum seekers living in the community.