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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Altaf, at the moment you're breaking up, so I don't know if you could perhaps get a little closer to the microphone and hopefully that will help.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Okay, thanks for that. And, Altaf, you wanted to come in on this area of awareness about what people's entitlement is.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Very good. Thank you very much. Ken Skates, would you like to come in and have a look at the policy and legislative framework that we're all operating under?
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Thank you. Moving on, then, to Jane Dodds.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Naomi's on mute.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Thank you. I know Sarah Murphy wants to pick up on some of the complexities and challenges of this area.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
No, it was a really interesting answer. We'll now go and explore—. Oh, Jane Dodds, before I move to Sarah Murphy.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Thank you. You both represent the everyday front-line services that somebody might be accessing—things like school, the education service, the public transport service, housing, health. How prepared are people to pick up hidden signs or key indicators that…
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 2
Welcome back, to our second evidence assessment on domestic violence, violence against women and sexual violence in the migrant community. This is our second session. I'm very pleased to welcome Joanne Hopkins from Public Health Wales and Naomi Alleyne from…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Thank you very much indeed. Andrea, we look forward to seeing that asylum guide, the peer-to-peer asylum guide that you mentioned, as well as any specific evidence you have of inappropriate data sharing, where the person has not given informed consent. Other…
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Wanjiku, are you getting the translation?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
So, could you indicate who wants to go first?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Okay. Thank you for that. Sioned Williams, would you like to come in, please?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Can I just follow up? It's a racing certainty that somebody who's coming to this country to seek asylum and fleeing persecution elsewhere will not be familiar with the law in this country. They just won't. Why should they be? So, is it at all part of the…
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
I'm unclear who wants to go first.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Wanjiku, did you want to go first?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Very good. Thank you very much. Altaf Hussain, do you want to ask the questions you wanted to?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Thanks. Yes, just to remind us that we've only got 23 minutes left for the next three sections, so if everybody could be brief. Ken Skates.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Thanks very much indeed. Moving on now to Sarah Murphy. Would you like to come in, please?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Go ahead.
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Thank you, that's a very important point. If we can now move on to Jane Dodds.
, Equality and Social Justice Committee
Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Thank you for explaining that so clearly. Before we move on to other members of the committee's questions, Andrea or Sara, do you wish to add anything on what—? Sara. Sara Kirkpatrick, would you like—?
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
And in the context of your support workers understanding that there may be women and children who have no recourse to public funds, or indeed a man who's the victim of abuse, is that a major reason for gaps in research data—because maybe some support workers…
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Okay. In your evidence you do provide some examples from other parts, particularly England, where there has been funding from the police or from the local authority to ensure that some people with no recourse to public funds can be accommodated. So, is that…
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Inquiry into violence against women, domestic abuse, and sexual violence—migrant women: evidence session 1
Yes, we can, thank you very much. Welcome.
