3. Business Statement and Announcement

Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:13 pm on 4 December 2018.

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Photo of Neil McEvoy Neil McEvoy Independent 5:13, 4 December 2018

Leader of the Chamber, I'm asking for a Government statement to support Safia Saleh and her family. Safia was unlawlfully abducted as a child, and is trying to get back to Wales. I know her mother, Jackie Saleh, would be very grateful for a statement. The public has been really generous in supporting the Crowdfunder to buy flights for the family, but the one roadblock is bureaucracy. Safia is a UK citizen, she has a birth certificate, but she does not have a UK passport, and nobody seems able to help with this. The Home Office is not devolved, but communities are devolved. The distress caused by a Welsh girl from Ely stuck abroad is a matter for everybody in this Assembly. Will the Welsh Government speak up for Safia and her family in here now, but also outside, making representations in the corridors of power? Safia Saleh needs a passport to get here, and she's fully entitled to one, so how can you help?