Seasonal worker visa puts migrants at risk of exploitation, say supermarkets

Industry fears hastily designed scheme is leading to human rights abuses and debt bondage in supply chains

Britain's hastily designed seasonal worker visa is causing a headache for supermarkets, which are concerned its structure is incompatible with their public pledges on preventing human rights abuses and debt bondage in their supply chains.

All the big supermarkets have been holding urgent roundtable meetings with growers and others in the industry over the past month to try to find a way of preventing workers from being further exploited under it.