Having settled in Wales, Claus Apel celebrates his adoptive community’s welcoming spirit, a year on from a rally against refugees in Llantwit Major that was met with a counterprotest.
![Llantwit Major Town Hall. Having settled in Wales, Claus Apel celebrates his adoptive community’s welcoming spirit, a year on from a rally against refugees in Llantwit Major that was met with a counterprotest.](https://www.iwa.wales/wp-content/media/19098583746_fae0583be1_k-1024x768.jpg)
is a German writer based in Llantwit Major. He is writing a history of the concept of nation of sanctuary in Wales.