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Naomi Alleyne

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

Thank you. Picking up the first question around what support Welsh Government provide, I think there is a very clear vision for asylum and migration in Wales, which is around making sure Wales is seen as a nation of sanctuary and we provide that welcome and support, and, obviously, similar around…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “asylum”, “migration”, “nation of sanctuary”, “refugee”Cofnod swyddogol

Joanne Hopkins

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…concerned that we didn't see upfront reference to displaced people in the broad sense—migrant women, refugees or asylum seekers—and we were very clear that we felt that that was an important thing that still hasn't been included in the way that we had hoped, and the reason for that, I think, is that…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “refugees”, “asylum seekers”, “nation of sanctuary”, “refugee”Cofnod swyddogol

Naomi Alleyne

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…group, but being able to break down some of the different experiences there as well. There's the nation of sanctuary plan as well, so it's how these interact, and I think very shortly Welsh Government will also launch their race equality plan for Wales. So, there are a lot of strategies and plans…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “nation of sanctuary”Cofnod swyddogol

Joanne Hopkins

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…diverse and quite complex. So, this is not about saying, 'We just have an organisation that deals with migrants.' This is more about saying, 'Where are the opportunities to look at how people who have a migrant background or displaced people—whatever you might want to call them, whatever they might…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “migrants”Cofnod swyddogol

Naomi Alleyne

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…terms of some of the data, I think even in terms of the collection of monitoring data, we don't ask for immigration status, so there's a lack of information, if you like. So, you may know the number of black and minority ethnic people within an area, but you won't necessarily know immigration…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “immigration”, “migrants”, “refugees”, “asylum seekers”Cofnod swyddogol

Joanne Hopkins

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…However, I can send the committee a leaflet that we produced in collaboration with the strategic migration partnership and others, which was produced during COVID and given to all families—all people, actually—who were accommodated by Clearsprings Ready Homes during the COVID pandemic, when we were…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “migration”, “immigration”Cofnod swyddogol

Joanne Hopkins

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…data, names and that sort of thing. Where is that going to go? They have a real fear that it will go to immigration and therefore they're going to end up being deported, or whatever. But I think that there is also a bigger piece of work that's needed here to really communicate what actually happens…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “immigration”Cofnod swyddogol

Joanne Hopkins

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…for the Home Office, and for the last 10 years of that in Wales, so I do have experience of working in immigration for a very, very long time from that side of the fence, and then for the last three years I've been working at Public Health Wales. So, I'll try not to conflate the two experiences and…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “immigration”, “asylum”, “asylum seeker”, “refugee”…Cofnod swyddogol

Sarah MurphyLlafur

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

Thank you very much. Thank you both for being here today. I wanted to ask some questions about immigration status and data sharing. Like you said, you watched earlier on some sessions, so it's kind of a follow-on from that to get an understanding from you to what extent you were aware of data…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “immigration”Cofnod swyddogol

Naomi Alleyne

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…of the issue that we're dealing with here. There are different groups of women with different immigration statuses that have come to our attention for different reasons, and each of those is complex because each of those cases, as you all know, will be down to an individual, but it's not always easy…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “immigration”Cofnod swyddogol

Jenny RathboneLlafur

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…Naomi, do you want to—? If you could just summarise how—. It's a difficult subject, regardless of immigration status. How well do you think people are aware of the vulnerability of people who have a complicated immigration status?

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “immigration”Cofnod swyddogol

Joanne Hopkins

6 Mehefin 2022, Equality and Social Justice Committee

Ymchwiliad i drais yn erbyn menywod, cam-drin domestig, a thrais rhywiol—menywod mudol: sesiwn dystiolaeth 2

…work that we did when we just started—and when I say 'we', it's in partnership with the Wales Strategic Migration Partnership, public health, the Home Office and the Welsh Government—thinking about what we could do to better facilitate access, in particular to healthcare, and making assumptions…

Wedi'i dagio oherwydd: “Migration”Cofnod swyddogol