Agency that brought heavily indebted Indonesian workers to UK loses licence Exclusive: AG Recruitment found not to have acted ‘in a fit and proper manner’ by labour exploitation watchdog The Guardian - UK · Dec 7, 2024
UK recruiter of debt-hit Indonesians loses seasonal workers licence Some of the over 1,450 people brought by AG Recruitment owed thousands to unlicensed brokers The Guardian - UK · Feb 9, 2023
Indonesians wait for UK farm jobs after paying deposits of up to £2,500 Exclusive: Workers say they have been charged to guarantee a job – which may be illegal – and have not yet had an interview The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
‘Our fate is unclear’: Indonesian man who paid £1,000 deposit for UK farm job Intan says he paid more than a month’s wages from his old job to guarantee his place, but remains unemployed The Guardian - UK · Sep 25, 2022
Indonesia to investigate claims fruit pickers charged thousands to work in Kent Exclusive: Taskforce begins work after labourers told Guardian they faced huge debts to unlicensed brokers in Bali The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2022
Revealed: Indonesian workers on UK farm ‘at risk of debt bondage’ As farms look further afield for labour, investigation finds Kent pickers saying they struggle to pay fees charged by unlicensed brokers The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022
‘My family need my support to eat’: how Indonesians came to work on a Kent farm Drawn to the prospect of a job abroad, people such as Banyu signed up to a language course. From there, their debts to brokers grew The Guardian - UK · Aug 14, 2022