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Welcome to Wales Today, our top stories -

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First Minister Carwyn Jones in Norway says EU citizens should

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not face barriers if they come to work in Wales after Brexit.

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Should Wales be given control of immigration?

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That's the call tonight from a group of MPs.

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EU citizens shouldn't face barriers if they come

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here to work after Brexit, so says the First Minister.

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Carwyn Jones was speaking during a visit to Norway.

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It isn't part of the European Union but accepts many of its laws

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and its rules on immigration as a member of the single market.

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From the Norwegian capital Oslo, our political

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By coming here, Carwyn Jones is sending a signal that he wants

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To stay in the single market, Norway must allow EU workers

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to come here freely, even though it's not

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To keep our access to the single market, Carwyn Jones says

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we should be prepared to do something similar.

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I know that many people are not happy with the

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current system of freedom of movement so that can't stay exactly

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as it is, I think that's right to say.

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What I've suggested is people should have freedom

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The First Minister visited a sixth form college this morning and wants

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to learn from Norway's government to find out whether a soft

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Brexit which keeps the UK in the single market is possible.

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But while he is in Norway, the Norwegian Prime Minister

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has been in Germany, where she had this warning.

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I fear a very hard Brexit but I hope we will find a

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There has to be give and take to stay in

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Norway has also high number of EU migrants coming in,

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in fact we have higher per capita migrants in Norway than in the UK.

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But in Norway migration from the EU is seen as positive.

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Norwegians have voted against EU membership in the past and this

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Norwegian PhD student based in Cardiff University says there is no

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Aall parties have agreed to leave the debate

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because the opinion polls always show people are Eurosceptic.

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A red white and blue Brexit is what Theresa May wants.

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Today Carwyn Jones attacked her for not making clear

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Conservatives say his visit to Oslo is grandstanding.

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We are the fifth largest economy in the world,

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we have a great trading relationship with countries across the globe and

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If the First Minister wishes to go to Oslo

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and look at what Norway is doing, yes, what we need to be crafting

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out here is a British relationship with Europe.

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We are in uncharted territory says Carwyn Jones and no country

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has left the EU before, and no other country,

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including Norway, provides a ready-made blueprint to describe

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Norway had to build its own relationship with Europe.

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The UK will have to do the same when it

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formally starts the Brexit process in March.

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A children's football coach who took ecstacy for the first time

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died after falling into a river and drowned.

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An inquest was told 21-year-old Jordan Miers

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was seen confused and disorientated after leaving a work's Christmas

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His body was recovered from the city's Marina three weeks later.

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A television channel specialising in Extreme Sports has been unveiled

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as the latest business partner for the the proposed

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Those behind the project are hoping to build the ?425 million

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400 staff at the JCB factory in Wrexham will be involved

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in supplying the United States army with a fleet of forklift trucks.

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They'll be producing axles for 1,600 rough terrain vehicles.

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It's one of the biggest single orders in JCB's history.

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Should Wales be given control over immigration?

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That's the call tonight from a group of MPs who say devolving some

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powers over the system, such as visas and migration quotas,

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The UK Government says any changes would lead to complications.

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Our political reporter Carl Roberts has the story.

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Immigration is never far from the headlines.

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Today's debate - who should set the rules for people wanting to

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A report from a group of MPs and peers

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says the Welsh Government should have a say and is calling on the

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UK Government to seriously consider devolving a degree of control over

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immigration policy powers to the nations and regions to help

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It also wants an independent commission to explore

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Our report recommends an independent commission

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to explore how a devolved, regionally-led system

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might give people a greater sense of democratic

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control over immigration and change in their area.

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Shaping immigration criteria to address national or regional

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needs will instil greater confidence that the system works for your area

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The report also suggests looking at the system in place in Canada,

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were all ten provincial governments are allowed to set specific

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requirements for immigrants and have some control over visas.

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Some question whether this kind of system would work here in Wales.

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In some ways it would make sense because education and housing

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are already devolved issues but in other ways it may complicate

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things because asylum and immigration are obviously

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not devolved and asylum seekers are frequently rooted around

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the UK on a no-choice basis so they would have to look

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at that policy again if they want to devolve these issues.

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Others say immigration rules tailored to the needs of Wales

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Wales' economic profile is different to the rest of the UK.

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We have a larger dependency on manufacturing and

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we're the only country in the UK that is a net

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exporter of goods, so having our own ability to issue work visas and work

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permits would give us an increased advantage, I think, in terms of

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boosting our economy and helping support the NHS as well.

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The Welsh Government has welcomed the MPs report and says it

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would like to see the needs of Wales represented in

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any future UK Government immigration policy but the UK Government isn't

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so keen and says having different immigration policies

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for different parts of the UK would complicated the system.

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Swansea City's new man in charge, Paul Clement, faced the media

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The 44-year-old who's agreed to a two and a half year deal

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says his priority is to bring stability to the club.

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He's the club's third boss this season.

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I could have stayed at Bayern and had a great chance to win

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the league there and advance into the further stages

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But I've done that in the last six or seven years and I want another

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challenge and this is going to be really exciting.

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The return of the rain tomorrow, Derek's got the forecast.

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It is all change tomorrow. In the meantime blue sky and sunshine for

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most of Wales today. Gorgeous in Snowdonia, perfect walking weather

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that it won't be as nice as this tomorrow. Temperatures down to frost

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levels in places but not everywhere. Milder in the west. Through the rest

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of the night the cloud will spread and it will lift temperatures.

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Breezy in the west with the odd spot of rain on Anglesey. Tomorrow

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morning, less clothes but fairly cloudy. A little rain spreading

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across northern and western counties. Breezy on the Lleyn

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Peninsula. Across the rest of the UK, fog patches will lift. Dry and

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bright in London and Portsmouth. A different story further north. Great

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with outbreaks of rain. The rain moving towards the Midlands during

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the afternoon. Chilly in Norwich tomorrow, a mild 9 degrees Belfast.

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In Wales tomorrow, the weather going downhill. Cloudy with outbreaks of

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heavy rain lightly. Temperatures slowly rising, up to 11 Celsius on

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Anglesey. Tomorrow evening, further rain that it will eventually

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clearing away. Dry overnight and remaining misty and murky. A mild

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night. Into Saturday, mist and fog patches will lift with the odd spot

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of light rain or drizzle. Otherwise it is looking dry and the cloud will

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break allowing a little sunshine. Temperatures on the mild side. It is

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a similar story on Sunday. Cloudy and dry. Rain on Monday, windy as

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well. After all the sunshine today and the frost, it looks like the

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rain will return tomorrow. See you soon.

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That's Wales Today, thank you for watching.

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From all of us on the programme, goodnight.

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