CLA GP6

Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee

Inquiry into the Granting of Powers to Welsh Ministers in UK Laws

Response from Welsh Refugee Council

Response by the Welsh Refugee Council

to the Constitutional and Legislative Affairs Committee into the Granting of Powers to Welsh Ministers in UK Law

Prepared by Mike Lewis, CEO

Mike.lewis@welshrefugeecouncil.org

& Daisy Cole, Head of Influencing, PR & Child Policy

Daisy.cole@welshrefugeecouncil.org

029 20489 800

Phoenix House, 389 Newport Road, Cardiff, CF24 1TP

Background on the Welsh Refugee Council

1. The Welsh Refugee Council was established in 1990 and now employs 32 staff and has 60 volunteers.  Its head office is in Cardiff and it has offices in Newport, Swansea and Wrexham.  In 2010/11 it provided 22,366 advice sessions to asylum seekers, and provided nearly 7,000 advice sessions to refugees.  As well as providing advice services to asylum seekers and refugees it has an influencing role and fu