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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emily Dugan

Agency that brought heavily indebted Indonesian workers to UK loses licence

Indonesian fruit pickers on a farm
AG Recruitment brought over more than 1,450 workers from Indonesia to pick fruit on British farms in 2022. Composite: Guardian Design/Alamy/Getty Images

A British recruitment agency that brought Indonesian farmworkers to the UK owing debts of thousands of pounds to foreign brokers has had its licence revoked by the labour exploitation watchdog.

AG Recruitment was once the largest supplier of international labour to British agriculture, bringing more than 1,450 Indonesians to pick fruit to supply British supermarkets in 2022.

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