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Ffion Lewis

The extraordinary row over the Welsh Government giving £1,600 a month to some young asylum seekers in Wales

The Welsh Government's basic income trial has become the centre of a major political row after it asked for a small number of young asylum seekers benefiting from it to still be given help with their legal bills.

We've laid out here the full details we've been able to find out about how many young asylum seekers are receiving the cash, how long it has been going on for and why it has only now become a political storm.

Nigel Farage, Rishi Sunak and Welsh Tory leader Andrew RT Davies are among those leading right-wing figures who have attacked the Welsh Government for allowing young asylum seekers to take part in the scheme, with former Ukip leader Farage calling it "the most mad thing I've ever heard" and suggesting boats will soon be dropping off asylum seekers in Cardiff Bay.

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