Migrant crisis: How will refugees be settled in UK?
Councils and voluntary groups have met Home Secretary Theresa May to discuss government plans to house 20,000 Syrian refugees over the next five years.
Fifty councils have volunteered to help, although some are concerned that there will not be enough funding to cover the associated costs.
But which refugees will qualify? What help will be available to them when they arrive and who will pay for the support?
UK Affairs correspondent Jeremy Cooke reports.