Article 5268P Romanian fruit pickers flown to UK amid crisis in farming sector

Romanian fruit pickers flown to UK amid crisis in farming sector

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Lisa O'Carroll Brexit correspondent
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Charter flights organised after appeal fails to recruit enough British workers

Romanian workers are being flown in to help feed Britain amid a continuing recruitment crisis in the agriculture sector.

Special charter flights have started flying into the UK from Bucharest with desperately needed workers for British farms that risk losing their crop of early summer fruit and vegetables because of the coronavirus lockdown.

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