BARROW will not host any refugees from war-torn Syria when the first families arrive in Cumbria next month.
The news was confirmed just weeks before a group of people displaced by conflict in the north African state are due to fly to the UK to be resettled in the county.
However, the borough may become home to refugees from a second group who are set to travel to the area in October.
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Barrow Borough Council's leader, Councillor Dave Pidduck, explained those arriving imminently from refugee camps would instead be located where support to aid their resettlement could be provided.
"None from this first group are coming to Barrow - though we may receive some who travel as part of the second group in October," he said.
"The six district councils all agreed we would support the move to resettle some refugees in Cumbria and this is still what we want to do.
"But one of our concerns was that it may be best for them if they can be located in the same area.
"These people are coming from the horrors of war to this area and we need to offer them detailed support to make sure their resettlement is successful."
Cumbria will become home to 285 people from Syria before April 2018.
They are among the 4.8 million who have fled the devastating civil war that has ravaged their country for the last six years.
Those arriving, who will travel from camps in Jordan, Lebanon and Turkey, will be offered accommodation and cultural and language support to help them adjust to life in a new country.
Bosses within neighbouring South Lakeland District Council, which includes Ulverston, has confirmed they expect to rehome 30 refugees before 2020.
A spokesman for Cumbria County Council, which is co-ordinating the resettlement efforts, state others will be housed among the districts that have agreed to provide support.
The latest figures from the United Nations shows 5,102 Syrian refugees had resettled in the UK by July 2015 while there were a total of 9,467 applicants for asylum in July last year.
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