Part of 1. 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:49 pm on 20 September 2016.
No, I don’t agree with that at all. People will look to go to the first place they can get to as a place of safety. From my perspective, it’s important—. He is the descendant of an immigrant. All his Members are descendants of immigrants. It’s all a question of when their families came to this island. Every single one of us in this room is the descendant of an immigrant. It all depends on when our families actually came here and, from my perspective, it’s absolutely right that where people are fleeing war and oppression they get the opportunity in a civilised country—in a civilised country—to be able to live their lives in peace, and that is something I’ll never compromise on.