"I don't think it's a key issue. I absolutely accept that it has become an issue and people have been told that this is something that relates to their everyday lives. I don't believe it does. But that doesn't remove it from the political sphere as an issue. And clearly, the way UK governments fail to deal with migration and border control is something that needs to be addressed, of course."
"It's not a matter of saying we need more immigrants. People move across borders and it's really important that governments have effective ways of dealing with that and deciding who should be able to move and who should be able to stay and so on. But absolutely, we have to recognise that whether it's our university sector who need students to come in, or whether it is the care sector at times, while of course training up our own young people is your front and cent"
Immigration is not seen as a primary day-to-day concern for voters in Wales ahead of the Senedd election. Plaid Cymru positions migration as a political issue that requires improved UK government management of borders and migration policy. Polls indicate Plaid Cymru could form a minority administration after next May's election, potentially producing the first non-Labour first minister. Plaid Cymru won the recent Caerphilly by-election, defeating Reform UK while Labour trailed third, marking Caerphilly's first parliamentary defeat in 100 years. Reform UK advocates stronger immigration controls. Policy focus includes balancing university and care sector needs with training the domestic workforce.
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