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Ukrainians escape ‘slave conditions’ on UK farms – media
Seasonal workers arrive on seasonal visas, only to find themselves ‘hostage’ to their new country
Hundreds of Ukrainians in the UK on seasonal visas have ended up working on farms they describe as “akin to modern-day slavery,” the Guardian, which spoke to multiple people who had escaped from such farms, reported on Tuesday.
A Ukrainian worker who escaped one of the farms described feeling like a “hostage in the UK,” unable to go home because of the war but forced to do menial labor for a living despite having two university degrees. She and her boyfriend had worked on a cherry farm where laborers were not even allowed gloves, causing extreme damage to their hands and skin.
“Nobody cares what happens to seasonal workers. I thought our rights would be well protected in the UK but this has not happened. Working on the farm is probably one of the worst experiences and the worst treatment of my life,” the woman said, adding that the farm management set “unachievable targets” and when workers tried to protest, suspended them for a week.
“I will never go to work on any of the farms again – there are no happy stories,” she continued. “Everyone runs away.” She said all but 38 of the workers at the cherry farm where she and her boyfriend toiled had fled as well and most were trying their luck in the underground economy of the cities.
Ukrainians are the primary recipients of T5 seasonal work visas in the UK, with two thirds (19,920) of the 29,631 visas of this type going to temporary workers from that country. Should they leave the farms where they say they are being abused, however, their options are limited – under-the-table employment, since they no longer have a legal visa to get an on-the-books job, or going home, where war is currently raging.
https://www.rt.com/news/554180-ukrainians-modern-slavery-uk-farms/
The Brits lost most of their European laborers when they left the European Union . They went home . Now they are using refugees from elsewhere, people who have no option but to become subjected to the demands of criminal employers.
There was an outcry when People Exploiters were snatching Ukrainian female refugees - and their unprotected children- as they fled the Ukrainian borders. The Brits should be viewed in the same light. They are seeking to exploit vulnerable refugees while simultaneously attempting to shift less vulnerable refugees to Africa, in contravention of international law.
The focus is on Russian crimes- as usual, justified or otherwise. Take a look at some US ' allies '.