When Julia Quecaño Casimiro left Chile to pick cherries in Herefordshire in June, she hoped she would finally save enough money to study biochemistry. Instead, when she left the farm a month later, she ended up homeless in London with little more than £100.
Casimiro, 23, has become the first person on a seasonal worker visa to take a farm to an employment tribunal. Her claim against Haygrove farm for unlawful deduction of wages, unfair dismissal, discrimination and harassment was filed last week and a preliminary hearing is expected in March.
