The weather this year has been....... Asylum seekers are being diverted away from Swansea in a bid to reassure local communities after the recent alleged murder of an Iraqi Kurd. The Home Office had been due to send asylum seekers to the city, but was put off by police and local organisations. Kalan Kawa Karim, aged 29, died after an alleged attack in the city centre last month.There are currently about 600 asylum seekers in Swansea. But when the Home Office wanted to send large additional numbers to Swansea from other parts of the UK last week, the Swansea Bay Race Equality Council (REC) and the police advised against it.