Migrant workers face exploitation as result of post-Brexit scheme, says report

The Home Office’s employer sponsorship scheme has come in for scathing criticism in a report. Photograph: Justin Kasezfivez/Alamy

Thousands of migrant workers are at risk of exploitation because of multiple failures in the government scheme that allows them to come to the UK, a report has found.

The way the Home Office has set up the employer sponsorship system to replace freedom of movement after Brexit has prioritised immigration control over workers’ rights, according to the report, Systematic Drivers of Migrant Worker Exploitation in the UK, from the Work Rights Centre.