Ministers have pledged to open up safe paths with a cap on the numbers agreed annually in a vote by Parliament.
By Charles Hymas
Ministers are preparing to propose new safe and legal routes for up to 20,000 refugees to come to the UK next year in a major concession to Tory rebels.
The Government is understood to be ready to spell out the routes within six months of its illegal migration Bill becoming law and take the first refugees in the subsequent year.
The new safe and legal routes will b...
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