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ARTICLE · 12 SEPTEMBER 2018

Farm Workers Visa Scheme For Non-EU Migrants: Plans Unveiled For 2019

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The Home Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have unveiled a new scheme that will allow fruit and vegetable farmers to recruit non-EU migrant workers for seasonal labour.

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Lynne Marr
Lynne Marr
Melissa Murdoch
Melissa Murdoch
Eilidh Smith
Eilidh Smith

The Home Office and the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs have unveiled a new scheme that will allow fruit and vegetable farmers to recruit non-EU migrant workers for seasonal labour.

Why is a new visa scheme being introduced?

British fruit and vegetable farmers had expressed concerns to the National Farmers' Union and National Farmers' Union, Scotland about the decrease in foreign labour since the referendum result in June 2016. A significant drop in the number of summer workers has led to crops being left unpicked.

A House of Commons briefing paper was published in July 2017 which highlighted the importance of migrant workers in agriculture and examined current concerns about labour shortages within the industry.

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