English: Thank you. It's a pleasure to make a contribution as a member of the committee. I welcome the important piece of work that the committee is to carry out on refugees, asylum seekers and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children. We have almost 3,000 people in Wales seeking refuge, which represents 0.1 per cent of the population - a very small figure, but an important and vulnerable cohort of people who deserve our full support. It will be important for the committee's inquiry to cover a number of issues, and you've referred to some of them already, but, for me, I will list some important issues. I think it is important for us to discover what the Welsh response is to the refugee crisis in Syria. It is a situation that varies from one part of Wales to another. For example, are the refugee relocation figures fair, and are local authorities taking their fair share? That clearly needs to be addressed. We will also need to consider how effectively local authorities are working in achieving the targets that have been set. One does hear about huge discrepancies in terms of what was agreed and what was provided, and therefore, during our inquiry, we need to understand how the Welsh Government and local authorities have been able to respond to the crisis to date, and also how swiftly they'll be able to respond to the relocation of refugees in future. I hope that we'll be able to look at how this work is monitored, and therefore the committee will need to consider how effective the Syrian refugee taskforce has been in supporting these relocation efforts. It will also be important, I think, for us to discover how the Welsh Government is influencing the UK Government and the European relocation policy in concentrating on best practice, what has worked well, but also discovering what doesn't work effectively. I think we also need to look at the response of public services to the relocation of refugees and those seeking asylum. Has this been properly co-ordinated and is there sufficient co-ordination in the response between social services, the health services, housing providers, education and so on? That's an important part of our work, I think. We also need to consider how recent policy and legislation can feed into the relocation of refugees and those seeking asylum, particularly the Well-being of Future Generations (Wales) Act 2015 and responsibilities therein. Now, I understand that Wales doesn't have an advocacy support service for children and young people who are refugees or are unaccompanied, and I think that this is something that this inquiry should consider also. So, that's a number of suggestions for further discussion, and I look forward to contributing to this important work during the next few weeks. Thank you.
Welsh: Mae'n bleser gen i siarad fel aelod o'r pwyllgor. Rwy'n croesawu'r darn pwysig o waith y bydd y pwyllgor yn ei wneud ar ffoaduriaid, ceiswyr lloches a phlant ar eu pen eu hunain sydd yn ceisio lloches. Mae gennym ni bron 3,000 o bobl yng Nghymru yn chwilio am loches, sydd yn cynrychioli 0.1 y cant o'r boblogaeth - ffigwr bychan iawn ond carfan bwysig a bregus sy'n haeddu ein cefnogaeth lawn ni. Mi fydd yn bwysig i'r ymchwiliad gan y pwyllgor ddarganfod nifer o faterion, ac rydych chi wedi cyfeirio at rai ohonyn nhw, ond, i mi, mi wnaf i restru rhai pethau pwysig. Rwy'n meddwl ei bod hi'n bwysig inni ddarganfod beth ydy'r ymateb Cymreig i argyfwng ffoaduriaid Syria. Mae hi'n sefyllfa sydd yn amrywio o un rhan o Gymru i'r llall. Er enghraifft, a ydy'r ffigurau adleoli ffoaduriaid yn deg ac a ydy awdurdodau lleol yn cymryd eu cyfran deg? Mae hynny'n amlwg angen sylw. Bydd angen inni hefyd ystyried pa mor dda y mae'r awdurdodau lleol yn ei wneud i gyrraedd y targedau sydd wedi'u gosod. Mae rhywun yn clywed am wahaniaeth enfawr rhwng beth gafodd ei gytuno a beth sy'n cael ei ddarparu. Felly, rydym ni, yn ystod ein hymchwiliad, angen deall sut y mae Llywodraeth Cymru a'r awdurdodau lleol wedi medru ymateb i'r argyfwng hyd yn hyn, a hefyd pa mor gyflym y maen nhw'n mynd i fedru ymateb i adleoli ffoaduriaid yn y dyfodol. Rwy'n gobeithio y gallwn ni edrych ar sut mae'r gwaith yma yn cael ei fonitro, ac felly mi fydd angen i'r pwyllgor ystyried pa mor effeithiol mae'r tasglu ffoaduriaid Syria wedi bod wrth gefnogi ymdrechion adleoli. Mi fydd yn bwysig hefyd, rwy'n meddwl, i ni ffeindio sut mae Llywodraeth Cymru yn dylanwadu ar bolisi adleoli gan y Deyrnas Unedig ac yn Ewrop, gan ganolbwyntio ar ymarfer da, beth sydd wedi mynd yn dda, ond hefyd i wybod beth sydd ddim yn gweithio. Rydym ni hefyd angen edrych ar ymateb y gwasanaethau cyhoeddus i adleoli ffoaduriaid a'r rhai sy'n chwilio am loches. A ydy'r ymateb wedi ei gydlynu yn ddigon da, ac a oes yna ddigon o gydlyniant yn yr ymateb rhwng gwasanaethau cymdeithasol, y gwasanaeth iechyd, y cyflenwyr tai, addysg ac yn y blaen? Mae hynny'n rhan bwysig o'n gwaith ni, rwy'n meddwl. Hefyd, mae eisiau ystyried sut mae polisi a deddfwriaeth ddiweddar yn medru bwydo mewn i adleoli ffoaduriaid a'r rhai sy'n chwilio am loches, ac yn benodol efallai Deddf Llesiant Cenedlaethau'r Dyfodol (Cymru) 2015 a'i chyfrifoldebau. Rwy'n deall nad oes gan Gymru wasanaeth cefnogaeth eiriolaeth ar gyfer plant a phobl ifanc sy'n ffoi neu sydd ar eu pen eu hunain. Mae hyn yn rhywbeth rydw i'n credu y dylai'r ymchwiliad yma ei ystyried hefyd. Dyna luchio nifer o awgrymiadau i ni i'w trafod yn fanylach, ond rwy'n edrych ymlaen at gyfrannu at y gwaith pwysig yma yn ystod yr wythnosau nesaf. Diolch.