Pespectives

The theme of Refugee Week 2026 is "courage". That's soemthing we see in our service users every day.

On this date, 2,611 years ago, recorded history began with a demonstration of the power of nature.

As we move from Winter to Spring, we remember that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 sparked forced relocations on a scale unseen in Europe since World War Two. Within weeks, over five million refugees had left the country. A small fraction of them came to Britain, with approximately 7,500 eventually finding their way to Wales. In March 2022 the Welsh Government responded by creating the Welcome Ticket, offering free travel on public transport, initially to Ukrain