Part of the debate – in the Senedd at 5:06 pm on 27 September 2022.
I've got someone in my constituency who married into a Ukrainian family. He's got a Ukrainian wife and Ukrainian family still out in Ukraine, and he's been having trouble getting access to services and bringing the family back to Wales. I've got an e-mail that I'd like to read out to you from this individual, with a specific question at the end, please:
'Welsh Government advice, guidance and policy implementation fails to properly account for the circumstances of those arriving in Wales under the Ukraine family scheme. The Welsh Government supersponsor scheme is silent about family scheme members. To date, published advice only focuses on Homes for Ukraine scheme members. The Welsh Government professes to provide a wraparound service to all those seeking refuge in Wales. In my experience, it has fallen far short of this. Family scheme members are out on a limb and largely left to their own devices, irrespective of their particular needs and circumstances. No assessment is made of the capacity family members have to support their families: language abilities, house location, condition and size, financial capability, age of head of household, numbers of family members seeking refuge, their age, health needs, cultural change and adaptation. My family and I have struggled with issues to do with networking, legal requirements such as rights and responsibilities—'