Mini-refugee camp demo held against MP Glyn Davies
A mini refugee camp was set up outside Montgomeryshire MP Glyn Davies's Welshpool office to highlight and celebrate the contribution of migrants to the UK.
The protest was part of the One Day Without Us national day of action this week.
Campaigners for Mid Wales Refugee Action organised a series of events to bring attention to the impact of Brexit on migrants.
The group said they set up the protest outside Mr Davies's office in Welshpool's High Street on Monday to highlight "the negative impact of his support for leaving the European Union and his hard-line stance on refusing child refugees entry to the UK".
Tegwen Brickley, spokesperson for Mid-Wales Refugee Action, claimed: "Glyn Davies has an appalling track record, he voted against child refugees being allowed to enter the UK, leaving thousands of children desperately vulnerable to trafficking, sexual exploitation and death."
Kim Bryan, a mother of three with dual nationality Spanish/British children who is now threatened with separation from the children's father due to Brexit, said: "Glyn Davies voted against allowing EU citizens living in Britain the right to remain in the EU, resulting in tens of thousands of families, including my own, threatened with separation.
"I simply don't know what to tell my children when they ask me if their dad is going to be allowed to stay here, it's heartbreaking."
Participants of the protests included friends and families of EU citizens and migrants and supporters of refugee rights.
Following the protest in Welshpool, there was a community picnic with live music in Machynlleth to celebrate the contribution that migrants have made to the area.
In response to the protest, Mr Davies, who was in London on the day, said that the campaigners had been raising issues that he mostly agreed with.
He said: "I too think Britain could take in more refugees displaced by conflict in Middle East, though I don't agree with where they should come from – I support the most humanitarian response possible.
"I also think we should be guaranteeing that immigrants living legally in the UK will be allowed to remain in the UK.
"We're told that only a very small number of EU states are refusing to discuss this issue until Article 50 is invoked which is all very frustrating. It's how the EU works. I'm told the protestors were very polite and peaceful."
