Summary
West Midlands farmers are being forced to plough up fields with crops unpicked, because new immigration rules mean they cannot find workers, an MP had claimed.
Farmers in Worcestershire are struggling to find staff as the Government restricts immigration from outside the European Union, said Peter Luff (Con Mid Worcestershire).See the full content of this document
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Immigration Rules Mean Farmers Cannot Find Pickers
It meant they could no longer recruit agricultural students from countries such as Russia and the Ukraine to pick crops, he said.
But Mr Luff accused Immigration Minister...See the full content of this document
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