Birmingham City Council wants to hire a dedicated immigration boss in a bid to help asylum seekers, refugees and migrants.
It is thought about 250,000 of Birmingham’s 1.1 million population are migrants and in 2016 alone it welcomed more than 15,000 new arrivals.
The new post, set to cost £59,000 for about 12 months, is part of a wider bid which has been made to the government worth £862,542 in total. It is hoped the money, if granted, will help about 4,000 asylum seekers, refugees and EU migrants in areas such as housing and welfare support and help ease "pressure points".
The cabinet was expected to retrospectively approve the funding request at a meeting this week.
