English: As you know, Llywydd, in September, the UK Government, without consulting the Welsh Government, local authorities, health boards or residents, and without providing additional funds for either Pembrokeshire council or Hywel Dda University Health Board, announced that around 200 asylum seekers would be housed at the Penally former military camp near Tenby. It now houses around 250 men. It should go without saying that a military camp is never a suitable place to house people who have fled oppression and war, who've experienced unimaginable hardship and trauma and been separated from their families, and especially not an old and run-down one like Penally. I know it's old, because my father used to train recruits there when he was a staff sergeant. It was pretty grim then, and, by all accounts, the conditions there are now appalling. It jeopardises the men's physical and mental health and their dignity as human beings. And yet the Home Office has repeatedly failed to address the poor living conditions at Penally. I'm afraid it's a case of out of sight, out of mind, and it's part of the Home Secretary's wider hostile environment policy that's being used to persecute vulnerable new arrivals to Britain. According to leaked reports last weekend, even Home Office officials are concerned that children's welfare is being endangered by the intention to prosecute refugees for immigration offences. Meanwhile, it is the good people of Pembrokeshire who are looking after these men, without any money and without any expertise. It's unprecedented in Wales, let alone Pembrokeshire, let alone a small village, to process and care for such a large number of people seeking asylum in this way. We're talking about a place with one shop, for goodness' sake. We simply do not have the capacity and the capability to accommodate this sort of facility in west Wales. There are four dispersal centres in Wales - Cardiff, Swansea, Newport and Wrexham. And I know from my work with the human trafficking cross-party group that they have well-established pathways and infrastructures to care for asylum seekers, to attend to their needs in accommodation, healthcare, pastoral and cultural support, as well as legal advice, and all those other needs. There's nothing like that, nor funding for it, in Pembrokeshire. That said, for all the difficulties, local people and public service providers are doing their very best to look after these men. Hywel Dda health board has worked tirelessly to organise and deliver core and enhanced healthcare services. At the same time, they're dealing with the unprecedented challenge of a global pandemic. Pembrokeshire council has set up a website to keep local people up to date with what's happening at the camp, and the police presence in Penally and Tenby has been stepped up to reassure residents. And that in itself is, of course, putting huge strain on their local budgets, which they're not getting any recompense from the UK Government for. The Welsh Government continues to work closely with local partners to minimise risks and maximise the welfare of everyone affected. And voluntary organisations have lived up to our promise as a nation of sanctuary. As anyone who has ever visited Pembrokeshire knows - and, after this summer, I believe that must be at least half the population of Britain - we are warm and welcoming people. The large majority of locals have responded to the Home Office imposition with compassion and with care. A few local groups are now co-ordinating on-site support for the men, and there's a scheme to purchase mobile phones. The Home Office confiscates refugees' phones on arrival, but they are vital; they enable those refugees to contact their loved ones, to talk to lawyers if they need to, and many other things besides. But with the best will in the world, it is not a sustainable situation. Penally is not a suitable location and west Wales cannot, at this time, deliver the complex support and care that these men need, and what they actually deserve. It's not fair to anyone. The Home Office must intervene now. Thank you.
Welsh: Fel y gwyddoch, Lywydd, ym mis Medi, cyhoeddodd Llywodraeth y DU, heb ymgynghori â Llywodraeth Cymru, awdurdodau lleol, byrddau iechyd na thrigolion, a heb ddarparu cyllid ychwanegol ar gyfer Cyngor Sir Penfro na Bwrdd Iechyd Prifysgol Hywel Dda, y byddai tua 200 o geiswyr lloches yn cael eu cartrefu yng nghyn-wersyll milwrol Penalun ger Dinbych-y-pysgod. Mae bellach yn gartref i oddeutu 250 o ddynion. Afraid dweud nad yw gwersyll milwrol byth yn lle addas i gartrefu pobl sydd wedi ffoi rhag gormes a rhyfel, pobl sydd wedi dioddef caledi a thrawma na ellir ei ddychmygu ac wedi'u gwahanu oddi wrth eu teuluoedd, yn enwedig hen wersyll wedi dirywio fel Penalun. Rwy'n gwybod ei fod yn hen, oherwydd arferai fy nhad hyfforddi recriwtiaid yno pan oedd yn sarjant staff. Roedd yn eithaf llwm bryd hynny, ac yn ôl pob sôn, mae'r amodau'n warthus yno erbyn hyn. Mae'n peryglu iechyd corfforol a meddyliol y dynion a'u hurddas fel bodau dynol. Ac eto, dro ar ôl tro mae'r Swyddfa Gartref wedi methu mynd i'r afael â'r amodau byw gwael ym Mhenalun. Mae arnaf ofn ei fod yn fater o allan o olwg, allan o feddwl, ac mae'n rhan o bolisi amgylchedd gelyniaethus ehangach yr Ysgrifennydd Cartref sy'n cael ei ddefnyddio i erlid newydd-ddyfodiaid agored i niwed i Brydain. Yn ôl adroddiadau a ddatgelwyd yn answyddogol y penwythnos diwethaf, mae hyd yn oed swyddogion y Swyddfa Gartref yn pryderu bod lles plant yn cael ei beryglu gan y bwriad i erlyn ffoaduriaid am droseddau mewnfudo. Yn y cyfamser, pobl dda sir Benfro sy'n gofalu am y dynion hyn, heb ddim arian a dim arbenigedd. Mae prosesu a gofalu am nifer mor fawr o bobl sy'n ceisio lloches yn y ffordd hon yn sefyllfa ddigynsail yng Nghymru, heb sôn am sir Benfro, heb sôn am bentref bach. Rydym yn siarad am le gydag un siop, er mwyn popeth. Nid oes gennym gapasiti na gallu i ddarparu ar gyfer y math hwn o gyfleuster yng ngorllewin Cymru. Ceir pedair canolfan wasgaru yng Nghymru - Caerdydd, Abertawe, Casnewydd a Wrecsam. A gwn o fy ngwaith gyda'r grŵp trawsbleidiol ar fasnachu mewn pobl fod ganddynt lwybrau a seilwaith sefydledig i ofalu am geiswyr lloches, i roi sylw i'w hanghenion llety, gofal iechyd, cymorth bugeiliol a diwylliannol, yn ogystal â chyngor cyfreithiol, a'r holl anghenion eraill. Nid oes unrhyw beth tebyg i hynny, na chyllid ar ei gyfer, yn sir Benfro. Wedi dweud hynny, er yr holl anawsterau, mae pobl leol a darparwyr gwasanaethau cyhoeddus yn gwneud eu gorau glas i ofalu am y dynion hyn. Mae bwrdd iechyd Hywel Dda wedi gweithio'n ddiflino i drefnu a darparu gwasanaethau gofal iechyd craidd ac estynedig. Ar yr un pryd, maent yn wynebu her ddigynsail pandemig byd-eang. Mae Cyngor Sir Penfro wedi sefydlu gwefan i roi'r wybodaeth ddiweddaraf i bobl leol am yr hyn sy'n digwydd yn y gwersyll, ac mae presenoldeb yr heddlu ym Mhenalun a Dinbych-y-pysgod wedi'i gynyddu i dawelu meddwl trigolion. Ac mae hynny ynddo'i hun, wrth gwrs, yn rhoi straen enfawr ar eu cyllidebau lleol, na chânt eu digolledu amdano gan Lywodraeth y DU. Mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn parhau i weithio'n agos gyda phartneriaid lleol i leihau risgiau a sicrhau lles gorau pawb yr effeithir arnynt. Ac mae mudiadau gwirfoddol wedi cyflawni ein haddewid fel cenedl noddfa. Fel y gŵyr unrhyw un sydd wedi ymweld â sir Benfro erioed - ac ar ôl yr haf hwn, credaf fod hynny'n cynnwys o leiaf hanner poblogaeth Prydain - rydym yn bobl gynnes a chroesawgar. Mae'r mwyafrif helaeth o bobl leol wedi ymateb i orfodaeth y Swyddfa Gartref gyda thosturi a gofal. Mae rhai grwpiau lleol bellach yn cydlynu cymorth ar y safle i'r dynion, ac mae cynllun ar waith i brynu ffonau symudol. Mae'r Swyddfa Gartref yn mynd â ffonau ffoaduriaid wrth iddynt gyrraedd, ond maent yn hanfodol; maent yn galluogi'r ffoaduriaid i gysylltu â'u hanwyliaid, i siarad â chyfreithwyr os oes angen, a llawer o bethau eraill hefyd. Ond gyda'r ewyllys gorau yn y byd, nid yw'n sefyllfa gynaliadwy. Nid yw Penalun yn lleoliad addas ac ni all gorllewin Cymru, ar hyn o bryd, ddarparu'r cymorth a'r gofal cymhleth sydd ei angen ar y dynion hyn, a'r hyn y maent yn ei haeddu mewn gwirionedd. Nid yw'n deg i neb. Rhaid i'r Swyddfa Gartref ymyrryd nawr. Diolch.