Welsh folk singer Dafydd Iwan has asked people who oppose the housing of asylum seekers to stop using his song. On Twitter the Carmarthenshire-born singer and activist shared that he had found out that protesters against the housing of asylum seekers had been using one of his most iconic songs, Yma o Hyd, during a protest.
He then went on to request that they stopped using the song. In the tweet he wrote: "Mae wedi dod i'm sylw fod 'Yma o Hyd' yn cael ei defnyddio gan bobol sy'n gwrthwynebu rhoi cartref i geiswyr lloches. Os gwelwch yn dda, peidiwch!! It has been brought to my notice that 'Yma o Hyd' is used by groups opposing the housing of asylum seekers. This must stop!!"
It comes amid opposition against plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers at Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli. In May the Home Office announced it plans to house around 300 people at the hotel in the village of Furnace.
