DUP leader Sir Jeffrey Donaldson has said asylum seekers in Northern Ireland should be treated "with respect" but his party has issues with an "open-border policy".
Sir Jeffrey set out his party's approach following questions after a unionist-majority council rejected funding for asylum seekers and refugees.
Most unionists including DUP representatives on Mid and East Antrim Borough Council voted down the offer of almost £100,000 of Stormont funding earlier this year.
