Refugee crisis: What are the responses from councils in the North East and North Yorkshire?

A person holds a sign as Amnesty International members protest the number of Syrian refugees taken in by the UK. Credit: PA

A campaign is underway to quickly make Teesside a safe haven for the hundreds of people fleeing Syria as the refugees crisis on the borders of Europe continues.

ITV News Tyne Tees have been investigating the reactions of councils in the our region and if they have plans to help.

Find out your local authority's view on the crisis:

  • Sunderland City Council

  • Middlesbrough Borough Council

  • Hartlepool Borough Council

  • North Yorkshire County Council

ITV News Correspondent Dan Rivers meets with one family of Syrian refugees. Credit: ITV News

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  • North Tyneside County Council

Migrants and refugees sit by their clothing left to dry against an ancient wall by the entrance to the ferry port in Kos Town in Greece. Credit: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire

  • Durham County Council

  • Northumberland County Council

ITV News Tyne Tees is currently awaiting a response from Stockton Borough Council, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, and Newcastle City Council.

Britain will resettle up to 20,000 refugees who have fled from the conflict in Syria, David Cameron has announced, but some may not arrive until the end of the decade and could face deportation after five years.