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P-05-789 Review support for asylum seekers accessing further education

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Meeting: 07/05/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered further correspondence on the petition and agreed to close the petition, given that the Welsh Government intends to implement the actions called for by the petition from September 2020. Members thanked the petitioner for raising this matter and congratulated her on the success of the petition.

 

The Committee also agreed to write back to the Minister for Education to ask her to reconsider whether this change could be brought forward to September 2019.

 


Meeting: 19/03/2019 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered relevant actions in the Welsh Government’s Nation of Sanctuary – Refugee and Asylum Seeker Plan and agreed to:

  • await the views of the petitioner on the commitment made by the Welsh Government; and
  • write to the Minister to seek further detail about the commitment to work towards changes to the Education Maintenance Allowance and Financial Contingency Fund to enable asylum seekers to be eligible from the September 2020 term, and ask whether this could be achieved from the 2019 term.

 


Meeting: 15/05/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered correspondence from the Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning, along with further comments from the petitioner, and agreed to await the outcome of the current consultation and subsequent decisions made by the Minister before determining any further action on the petition.

 


Meeting: 13/03/2018 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 3)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered correspondence from the Welsh Refugee Council and agreed to write to the Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning to request an update in light of the suggestion that the Welsh Government has agreed to consider the eligibility criteria for EMA, following a recent meeting between the Leader of the House and the Welsh Refugee Council.

 


Meeting: 05/12/2017 - Petitions Committee - Fifth Senedd (Item 2)

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Minutes:

The Committee considered the petition for the first time and agreed to:

 

  • await the views of the petitioner on the response provided by the Minister for Welsh Language and Lifelong Learning before deciding on any further action in relation to the petition; and

·         write to the Welsh Refugee Council to seek their views on the issues raised by the petition to assist the Committee’s consideration.