Concern over a lack of information about asylum seekers being h oused in Midlothian by the UK Ministry of Defence has been raised amid claims the council is in the dark over their identities.

A report into the number of 'New Scots' welcomed into the county over the last decade has been welcomed by Midlothian councillors who praised local communities for helping support them to settle.

The report revealed the local authority had supported 343 refugees and asylum seekers since 2015 through a number of schemes set up to help those caught up in humanitarian crises across the world.

They included 34 Syrians, 44 from Afghanistan, 235 Ukrainians and 31 unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. A further two asylum seekers who claimed to be under 18 were later found to be older and returned to

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