Brexit causes 90 per cent drop in foreign workers working on UK farms
"95 per cent of all fruit and produce picked and packaged in this country is done by eastern Europeans," a farm managing director has said.
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Brexit: Farmers on the brink as they face ‘massive hole’ in number of fruit pickers
“We are taking back control, as Boris would say, but when we are taking back control, we are actually deliberately throttling our own businesses because we know the thing we haven’t got control of is labour."
UK government “go it alone” isolationism has hindered the Covid-19 recovery
History has taught us that in times of uncertainty, it is better for the global community to work together than distancing itself by isolationism.
Why immigration levels won’t change much after Brexit
Despite the government’s anti-immigrant posturing to win right-wing votes, their current economic model necessitates continued immigration to the UK.
Millions of apples left to rot as European pickers abandon Britain
Ali Capper, chairwoman of the NFU’s horticultural board and an apple producer, said that she had never seen crop wastage like it.
Migration Advisory Committee favours “no preference” for EU workers
By Vanessa Ganguin, founder of London immigration firm Vanessa Ganguin Immigration Law EU citizens should not be given preferential access when applying for UK visas, according to the long-awaited Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) report on the future of EEA migration. The EEA migration in the UK: Final report was commissioned by the ...