fbpx
🌱 ORFC 2026 – General Tickets Now On Sale! 🌱
Panel Discussion
Thursday, 9th January 2025

Farmworker Struggles in Britain: Voices from the Frontline

Back
Thursday, 9th January 2025

Farmworker Struggles in Britain: Voices from the Frontline

The Seasonal Worker Scheme governs the arrival of up to 47,000 migrant farm workers to the UK each year. As part of this scheme, workers are tied to their recruiter and must pay up front for visas and flights. These features are a major driver of debt bondage and forced labour. In this session, we will be joined by the Landworkers’ Alliance, the Worker Support Centre, and former farm workers to explore the harsh reality of working in the UK’s horticultural supply chains and to discuss how to hold the supermarkets profiting from this situation to account.