<p>Refugee Children</p>

Part of 2. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 2:23 pm on 24 May 2016.

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Photo of Carwyn Jones Carwyn Jones Labour 2:23, 24 May 2016

I can say that we established, as the Member will know, a ministerial Syrian refugee taskforce in November of last year. That is supported by an operations board to help co-ordinate the response, and a children’s sub-group of that board has been established specifically to ensure co-ordination for resettling refugee children and unaccompanied asylum-seeking children across Wales. We take the view, of course, that whilst we are happy to resettle people who are refugees, this is a matter that requires financial assistance from the UK Government. So, that is the position that we’ve always taken, and that remains the position.