Reports of U.K. Foreign Farm Worker Abuse Increase

The number of foreign workers seeking help over claims of exploitation, bullying, underpayment and poor living conditions on U.K. farms significantly increased last year, reports BBC News.

Nearly 700 foreign seasonal agricultural laborers complained to the Worker Support Centre (WSC) U.K. charity in 2024, claiming they were being treated unfairly by farmers who had brought them into the country to work, compared to just over 400 in 2023.

The U.K. government, which will provide 45,000 seasonal worker visas to migrant laborers in 2025, said it always took “decisive a…