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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Emiliano Mellino and Shanti Das

Seasonal fruit pickers left thousands in debt after being sent home early from UK farms

Apple picking in Kent
Apple picking in Kent, 2020; the number of seasonal worker visas issued by the Home Office has soared. Photograph: Bloomberg/Getty Images

Nepali workers hired to pick fruit on British farms say they have been left thousands of pounds in debt after being sent home only weeks after they arrived.

The fruit pickers were recruited under the government’s seasonal worker scheme and say they were offered work for six months. But less than two months after arriving, they were told they were no longer needed and instructed to book flights home.

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