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22 Out 2023

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By Emiliano Mellino and Matthew Chapman, The Bureau of Investigative Journalism (UK)

‘All that is missing is a whip’: Home Office ignored migrant worker abuses on farms

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…she was given no shifts or pay during her first week at Haygrove, one of the UK’s biggest fruit producers, in late June…

…allegations of mistreatment such as those at Haygrove are common across many UK farms. There is also evidence that the Home Office knew about the allegations, failed to act on them and then attempted to stop that information from being made public…

[Migrants] … faced far greater levels of exploitation than previously thought. Plus, the government could be in breach of its obligations when it comes to the prevention of modern slavery.

Haygrove told TBIJ the lack of shifts was because of “adverse weather conditions”… The company also rebutted allegations of modern slavery and labour exploitation…

… TBIJ was given access to 19 farm inspection reports produced by the Home Office between 2021 and 2022…

Nearly half (44%) of the 845 workers interviewed as part of the inspections raised welfare issues including racism, wage theft and threats of being sent back home…

… Emery [managing director of Fruitful Jobs] told Julia and her colleagues that if they continued to protest, their visas would be revoked…

Fruitful Jobs told TBIJ that transfer requests were related to lower than expected working hours and not to working conditions…

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