English: First off, I would like to reiterate and endorse the words that have already been spoken, and I would like to put on record our thanks, as Members here in the Senedd, to those of you who have been over to see at first hand the need over there. I think that it's fair to say that the brutality of this horrendous war is borne most painfully of the backs of those defending their homeland, the civilian population and many, many women and children. Many will have been too young to even understand why their lives have been suddenly and brutally uprooted. The warmth and generosity, however, of communities right across the United Kingdom has shown us at our best. Even in my own constituency, across Aberconwy, local people were very quick to want to offer their hand of support, their homes as a roof over the heads of those fleeing Putin's appalling war in Ukraine. They showed that kindness and warmth - the same kindness and warmth that has always been part of the British spirit. However, there are still some issues with the day-to-day settlement and the integration schemes, and it's those that I would like to speak about today, as the shadow Minister for housing, because these accommodation issues do worry me. Many Ukrainian refugees have spoken to news outlets, such as WalesOnline, about the difficulties that many of them have now in finding and maintaining housing accommodation. There are millions of displaced people who are still, to this day, moving from one temporary location to another, unsure when they'll ever return home. Out of the 8 million people who fled Ukraine, 7,000 found themselves in Wales. Half of the refugees in Wales are sponsored by the Welsh Government's supersponsor scheme, and I'm really grateful for that scheme. They've spent the majority of their stays, however, in hotels and similar venues, which quite frankly were never designed for long-term stays. The other half have come via the household Homes for Ukraine sponsorship scheme. Ukrainian refugees who have had to leave their sponsor homes have been told that welcome centres aren't an option for safe accommodation if they arrived in the UK as part of the supersponsor scheme. So, with local authorities advising them to look at the private rental market, some landlords appear reluctant to take on refugee tenants due to concerns over the stability of future earnings. Another Ukrainian refugee talked about the experience, saying, 'in the beginning for me everything was tyrannical and could easily break an ordinary personThe system to some extent offends and humiliates the dignity of a refugee and gives an opportunity to a sponsor.' Some of those sponsors are landlords who, at any time, 'can throw the tenant out on the street or can arrange unbearable conditions and the right to interfere in someone's personal life. It is a system that can implicitly wake up unacceptable human qualities such as swagger, arrogance and other negative aspects' that some Ukrainians are now experiencing. So, I do hope that, in the response, you can actually provide us with some reassurances as to how you have been dealing with this. There is clearly still some lack of joined-up co-ordination regarding the implementation of support and the integration of schemes for Ukrainian refugees. However, the crux of the problem here in Wales is that we simply do not have enough homes. The Welsh Government is achieving less than 50 per cent of the new dwellings target annually, so we need to really look at this. Natural Resources Wales, Welsh Government, health boards and local authorities already own land on which houses could be quickly erected, and I take the point that my colleague Mark Isherwood said earlier about modular housing. The time has come for a home building taskforce to be formed to drive quick projects such as factory-made modular housing on publicly owned land. We have a major housing crisis that is now seeing those refugees stuck in hotels, not homes. It is time for us all to work together to overcome the red tape that is holding back a roof above the head of these most vulnerable individuals. The eyes of the world are watching us and we have to get this right. Thank you.
Welsh: I ddechrau, hoffwn ailadrodd a chymeradwyo'r geiriau sydd eisoes wedi cael eu llefaru, a hoffwn gofnodi ein diolch, fel Aelodau yma yn y Senedd, i'r rhai ohonoch sydd wedi bod draw i weld yr angen draw yno drosoch eich hunain. Credaf ei bod yn deg dweud mai'r rhai sy'n dioddef creulondeb y rhyfel erchyll hwn yn fwyaf poenus yw'r rhai sy'n amddiffyn eu mamwlad, y boblogaeth sifil a llawer iawn o fenywod a phlant. Bydd llawer wedi bod yn rhy ifanc i ddeall hyd yn oed pam fod eu bywydau wedi cael eu diwreiddio'n sydyn ac yn greulon. Fodd bynnag, mae cynhesrwydd a haelioni cymunedau ar draws y Deyrnas Unedig wedi ein dangos ar ein gorau. Hyd yn oed yn fy etholaeth i, ar draws Aberconwy, roedd pobl leol yn gyflym iawn i fod eisiau cynnig cymorth, eu cartrefi fel to dros bennau'r rheini sy'n ffoi rhag rhyfel erchyll Putin yn Wcráin. Fe wnaethant ddangos y caredigrwydd a'r cynhesrwydd hwnnw - yr un caredigrwydd a chynhesrwydd sydd bob amser wedi bod yn rhan o'r ysbryd Prydeinig. Fodd bynnag, mae rhai problemau o hyd gyda setlo o ddydd i ddydd a'r cynlluniau integreiddio, ac am y rheini yr hoffwn siarad heddiw, fel Gweinidog tai yr wrthblaid, oherwydd mae'r materion llety hyn yn fy mhoeni. Mae llawer o ffoaduriaid Wcreinaidd wedi siarad â chwmnïau newyddion, fel WalesOnline, am yr anawsterau y mae llawer ohonynt yn eu hwynebu nawr i ddod o hyd i dai, ac i allu cadw eu llety. Ceir miliynau o bobl wedi'u dadleoli sy'n dal i fod, hyd heddiw, yn symud o un lleoliad dros dro i'r llall, yn ansicr pryd y byddant yn dychwelyd adref. O'r 8 miliwn o bobl a wnaeth ffoi o Wcráin, daeth 7,000 i Gymru. Mae hanner y ffoaduriaid yng Nghymru yn cael eu noddi gan gynllun uwch-noddwyr Llywodraeth Cymru, ac rwy'n ddiolchgar iawn am y cynllun hwnnw. Maent wedi treulio'r rhan fwyaf o'u harosiadau, fodd bynnag, mewn gwestai a lleoliadau tebyg, na chawsant erioed mo'u cynllunio ar gyfer arosiadau hirdymor a bod yn onest. Mae'r hanner arall wedi dod drwy'r cynllun nawdd Cartrefi i Wcráin. Mae ffoaduriaid Wcreinaidd sydd wedi gorfod gadael eu cartrefi nawdd wedi cael gwybod nad yw canolfannau croeso'n opsiwn fel llety diogel os oeddent wedi cyrraedd y DU fel rhan o'r cynllun uwch-noddwyr. Felly, gydag awdurdodau lleol yn eu cynghori i edrych ar y farchnad rhentu preifat, mae'n ymddangos bod rhai landlordiaid yn amharod i rentu i denantiaid sy'n ffoaduriaid oherwydd pryderon ynghylch sefydlogrwydd enillion yn y dyfodol. Siaradodd ffoadur arall o Wcráin am y profiad, gan ddweud, 'yn y dechrau i mi roedd popeth yn ormesgar a gallai'n hawdd dorri person cyffredin Mae'r system i ryw raddau yn tramgwyddo ac yn bychanu urddas ffoadur ac yn darparu cyfle i noddwr.' Mae rhai o'r noddwyr hynny'n landlordiaid sydd, ar unrhyw adeg, 'yn gallu troi'r tenant allan ar y stryd neu'n gallu trefnu amodau annioddefol, a hawl i ymyrryd ym mywyd personol rhywun. Mae'n system sy'n gallu ennyn nodweddion dynol annerbyniol fel trahauster, haerllugrwydd ac agweddau negyddol eraill' y mae rhai Wcreiniaid bellach yn eu profi. Felly, rwy'n gobeithio, yn yr ymateb, y gallwch roi sicrwydd i ni ynglŷn â sut rydych chi wedi bod yn ymdrin â hyn. Mae'n amlwg fod yna ddiffyg cydlynu cydgysylltiedig o hyd ynghylch gweithredu cymorth ac integreiddio cynlluniau ar gyfer ffoaduriaid Wcreinaidd. Ond craidd y broblem yma yng Nghymru yw nad oes gennym ddigon o gartrefi. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn llwyddo i gyrraedd llai na 50 y cant o'r targed ar gyfer anheddau newydd yn flynyddol, felly mae angen inni edrych ar hyn o ddifrif. Mae Cyfoeth Naturiol Cymru, Llywodraeth Cymru, byrddau iechyd ac awdurdodau lleol eisoes yn berchen ar dir y gellid codi tai'n gyflym arno, ac rwy'n cymryd y pwynt a nododd fy nghyd-Aelod Mark Isherwood yn gynharach am dai modiwlar. Mae'r amser wedi dod i ffurfio tasglu adeiladu cartrefi i yrru prosiectau cyflym fel tai modiwlar wedi'u gwneud mewn ffatri ar dir sy'n eiddo cyhoeddus. Mae gennym argyfwng tai mawr sydd bellach yn golygu bod ffoaduriaid yn gaeth mewn gwestai, nid cartrefi. Mae'n bryd i bawb ohonom gydweithio i oresgyn y fiwrocratiaeth sy'n ein dal rhag rhoi to uwchben yr unigolion mwyaf bregus hyn. Mae llygaid y byd yn ein gwylio ac mae'n rhaid inni wneud hyn yn iawn. Diolch.