Decision details

Wales has a praiseworthy ambition of being the first Nation of Sanctuary in the World.   Gwynedd has acted in line with this ambition by offering sanctuary to refugees from across the world.  Despite the ambition of Wales, the Westminster Government are introducing an Illegal Migration Act which endangers the rights of refugees and asylum seekers and criminalises the act of reaching the British Isles in search of asylum.  This conflicts against the principles of the Refugees Convention 1951, and our ambition here in Wales.  Considering the fear that the unwelcome messages of the UK Government can trigger, this Council confirms its ambition of assisting refugees, in order to mitigate some of this fear.