, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on Transport for Wales’ performance 2024-25'
… get into, and, of course, it continues to work closely, as the Chair acknowledged, with Oasis, the Welsh Refugee Council and the Muslim Council of Wales, to ensure inclusion is not an afterthought, it's fully embedded. Transport …
, Plenary
Debate on the Climate Change, Environment and Infrastructure Committee Report, 'Report on Transport for Wales’ performance 2024-25'
… diversity, the committee was encouraged to hear about TfW's partnerships with organisations such as Oasis, the Welsh Refugee Council and the Muslim Council of Wales, which are helping again to promote opportunities among underrepresented groups. The committee …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Social Justice, Trefnydd and Chief Whip: Hate Hurts Wales
… John Griffiths. I am agreeing with you and knowing and being very proud that we fund the Welsh Refugee Council. We fund them to ensure that people are helped and integrated into our communities and society—that may …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 9
… ordinated collection, on this cohort of people. So, I've been to many partners in local authority, Welsh Refugee Council, Oasis, other third sector partners—no-one is holding all of that data at the moment …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
Yes, if I may add on to that last point, obviously we support at the Welsh Refugee Council a cohort of people who sometimes have barriers to accessing information, be they language ones or just knowledge of that …
, Local Government and Housing Committee
Homelessness and Social Housing Allocation (Wales) Bill: Evidence session 5
… Gareth Lynn Montes, housing policy lead at the Welsh Refugee Council …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social cohesion: Ministerial evidence session
… Welsh Government responding to the rise of freedom-restricting harassment? We have seen recent attacks on the Welsh Refugee Council following online misinformation, as well as attacks on women's rights groups following the Supreme Court ruling …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social cohesion: Ministerial evidence session
… fawr iawn. It's just to follow that up, if I may. We heard from the Welsh Refugee Council, for example, that they hadn't been included in meetings that were organised after the Southport killings and, sadly …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social cohesion: evidence session 6
… know have been under significant attack here in Wales. We've had a terrible situation with the Welsh Refugee Council experiencing a real onslaught. Does Hope Not Hate give guidance? Where do you think that should come from …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social cohesion: evidence session 3
… put out a strong statement of support for the Welsh Refugee Council and then we got some of our own problems. So, there's also that to consider as well: if you speak out in support, they will …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Social cohesion: evidence session 3
… the volume of it really seems to have come from nowhere. So, if you look at the Welsh Refugee Council example, where there was a retweet from Elon Musk, the landslide of hate, security risk, everything that hit …
, Plenary
Welsh Conservatives Debate: New UK Government's first six months
… public debates down. On the weekend, we had Elon Musk retweeting a post that said that the Welsh Refugee Council was seeking to entice—this is the language, 'entice'—migrant men to come to Wales by showing …
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Scrutiny of the Welsh Government Budget 2025-26
… remit. So, yes, I think it is important, and I mention in my written statement that the Welsh Refugee Council are delivering migrant rights and entitlement training to local authorities. It will help them look at the needs …
, Public Accounts and Public Administration Committee
Supporting Ukrainians in Wales: evidence session with Welsh Government senior officials
… partners. And, as I say, the caseworkers have been fantastic in that. We're also funding the Welsh Refugee Council, £1.7 million over three years, to offer support, and they have a specific fund to support Ukrainian people …
, Plenary
Debate on the Equality and Social Justice Committee Report, 'Annual Report: European Union Settlement Scheme'
… when. We now have Ministers from the new UK Government. She visited Wales, she met with the Welsh Refugee Council, she met with Windrush Cymru Elders as well, and she met with myself and the First Minister, and …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Housing and Local Government: More homes towards ending homelessness
… they have felt unsafe, which has had a detrimental effect on their physical and mental health. The Welsh Refugee Council has also drawn attention to the fact that asylum seekers, once they have been granted permission to stay …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Refugee Week: Our home
… privilege to attend the Nation of Sanctuary Awards with Sioned Williams, and I want to thank the Welsh Refugee Council, the Welsh Rugby Union and Wales & West Housing Association, who I think were the main sponsors of what …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Refugee Week: Our home
… know there are lots of themes in the work that we support via the Welsh Refugee Council. There are lots of examples in relation to that. I wasn’t aware of the event that you sponsored today …
, Plenary
Statement by the Cabinet Secretary for Culture and Social Justice: Refugee Week: Our home
… welcoming home for asylum seekers whilst they remain here. We have continued to provide funding to the Welsh Refugee Council and its partners to deliver our Wales sanctuary service and move-on services, as well as advocating for …
, Plenary
Questions to the First Minister
… now part of the implementation of a scheme that breaks international law and undermines human rights. The Welsh Refugee Council says that the scheme will lead to an increased risk of trauma and exploitation among people seeking sanctuary …