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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emily Dugan

Migrant workers at greater risk of modern slavery after Brexit, research finds

Close-up of a person's hand picking raspberries
Strict post-Brexit conditions on agricultural and care visas expose workers to ‘hyper-precarity’, a report has found. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Visas created hastily to solve labour shortages as a result of Brexit have put workers at greater risk of modern slavery and exploitation, research has found.

Strict conditions on agricultural and care visas created after Britain left the EU expose workers to “hyper-precarity” and increase their vulnerability to exploitation, a study by a coalition of leading universities and charities has concluded. Since Brexit, farm workers and care home workers have had a route to Britain on time-limited visas with stringent conditions.

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