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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emiliano Mellino and Matthew Chapman

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

National Crime Agency

They travelled thousands of miles to come to the UK, lured by the prospect of work and decent wages.

But new evidence uncovered in an investigation by The Bureau for Investigative Journalism (TBIJ) and The Independent suggests people who came to Britain to fill gaps in the UK’s agricultural workforce faced far greater levels of exploitation than previously thought.

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