English: I thank Rhianon Passmore for this very important and timely question. Particularly, I'm fortunate that I met with the Minister Victoria Atkins yesterday. Anyone who's resettled or dispersed to Wales will be supported as far as we're able, as a nation of sanctuary, as you said, and it is with our partners, as a result of our partnership with local government, the team Wales multi-agency approach, and indeed with our armed services as well, and the Urdd being a key partner, we've supported over 350 Afghan individuals since August, since the evacuation. We have ensured that there's a holistic assessment of the needs of new arrivals and access to education, healthcare, support in finding employment. But also, interestingly, we developed a peer support group for Afghan families who've settled in Wales already, and many will be in your constituencies, drawing on the successful advocacy forum model, and that's delivered as part of the asylum rights project, which Welsh Government funds. This does help Afghan families to connect with each other and support each other to settle in Wales. I did raise issues yesterday with the Minister relating to the biometric residence permits, which are crucial for Afghan citizens to access bank accounts, and other issues following her statement last week. Can I just at this point, Llywydd, pay tribute to our former colleague Jack Dromey MP, who sadly passed away last week? The day before he passed away, Jack raised our shared concerns that the Afghan citizens resettlement scheme was failing to prioritise the reunion of those at risk in Afghanistan with family who may live in the UK. I do want to just pay tribute to what he did in his political life and, of course, give all of our sympathies to his family and to Harriet Harman, of course, his wife. But what he said - and I think it's relevant to this - he said: 'Our country has a proud history of providing a safe haven to those fleeing persecution. Any watering down of the resettlement scheme would be contrary to our most fundamental values of decency, honesty and fairness.'
Welsh: Diolch i Rhianon Passmore am y cwestiwn pwysig ac amserol iawn hwn. Yn fwyaf arbennig, rwy'n ffodus imi gael cyfarfod â'r Gweinidog, Victoria Atkins, ddoe. Bydd unrhyw un sy'n cael ei adsefydlu neu ei ddanfon i Gymru yn cael ei gefnogi cyn belled ag y gallwn, fel cenedl noddfa, fel y dywedoch chi, a chyda'n partneriaid, o ganlyniad i'n partneriaeth â llywodraeth leol, dull amlasiantaethol tîm Cymru, ac yn wir, â'n lluoedd arfog hefyd, a'r Urdd yn bartner allweddol, rydym wedi cynorthwyo dros 350 o Affganiaid ers mis Awst, ers i'r lluoedd adael. Rydym wedi sicrhau bod asesiad cyfannol o anghenion newydd-ddyfodiaid a mynediad at addysg, gofal iechyd, cymorth i ddod o hyd i waith. Ond hefyd, yn ddiddorol, gwnaethom ddatblygu grŵp cefnogi cymheiriaid ar gyfer teuluoedd o Affganistan sydd wedi ymgartrefu yng Nghymru eisoes, a bydd llawer ohonynt yn eich etholaethau, gan ddefnyddio'r model fforwm eiriolaeth llwyddiannus, a chafodd hynny ei gyflawni fel rhan o'r prosiect hawliau lloches y mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn ei ariannu. Mae hyn yn helpu teuluoedd o Affganistan i gysylltu â'i gilydd a chynorthwyo ei gilydd i ymgartrefu yng Nghymru. Ddoe, crybwyllais faterion wrth y Gweinidog yn ymwneud â'r trwyddedau preswylio biometrig, sy'n hanfodol i ddinasyddion o Affganistan allu cael mynediad at gyfrifon banc, a materion eraill yn dilyn ei datganiad yr wythnos diwethaf. A gaf fi dalu teyrnged i'n cyfaill, Jack Dromey AS, a fu farw yr wythnos diwethaf? Y diwrnod cyn iddo farw, cododd Jack y pryderon a rannwn fod cynllun adsefydlu dinasyddion o Affganistan yn methu rhoi blaenoriaeth i ailuno'r rhai sydd mewn perygl yn Affganistan â theuluoedd sy'n byw yn y DU. Rwyf am dalu teyrnged i'r hyn a wnaeth yn ei fywyd gwleidyddol ac wrth gwrs, rwyf am gydymdeimlo â'i deulu a Harriet Harman, ei wraig. Ond yr hyn a ddywedodd - a chredaf ei fod yn berthnasol i hyn - oedd: 'Mae gan ein gwlad hanes balch o ddarparu hafan ddiogel i'r rhai sy'n ffoi rhag erledigaeth. Byddai unrhyw lastwreiddio ar y cynllun adsefydlu yn groes i'n gwerthoedd mwyaf sylfaenol sef gweddusrwydd, gonestrwydd a thegwch.