A refugee said he was humiliated by a train worker who told him that the Welsh Government’s free rail travel for refugees scheme “wasn’t for him” and refused him entry to a train. The guard insisted on inspecting all his documentation in public before refusing him entry.
Raman, 32, came to Wales in August of 2020 after walking for 45 days straight, mostly at night, all the way from Greece. He was based in horrific Penally asylum seeker camp before he was given his refugee status in March of this year and is now living in Swansea.
His horrific experience on Transport for Wales came when he tried to travel from Swansea to Barry where he had been offered work experience. Raman, who receives £40.85 a week from the UK government as a refugee, could not afford a ticket so wanted to use the Welsh government's promise of free rail travel for refugees.
