Migrants in Britain earning $12 an hour |
A 35-year-old worker from Dushanbe recently had to leave the farm where he worked in Scotland. He cited the bad treatment of the Eastern European bosses as the reason, and said that the bosses from Bulgaria behaved rudely and insulted the workers.
Britain Migrant workers from Central Asia who work seasonally on farms agree to stay in this country. But they want more work.
Thousands of workers from Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Kazakhstan this year Britain went to that country with the government’s “Seasonal Worker Scheme” program. The scheme was designed back in 2019 to ease the acute labor shortage faced by farms as a result of Brexit, and has since been extended until 2024.
Farms before Brexit Europe They invited seasonal workers from poor countries of the Union, such as Bulgaria and Romania. However, this has become more difficult after Brexit. As a result Britain now it has started bringing in workers from places like Mongolia, Nepal and Indonesia.
British farmers are sounding the alarm over the absence of foreign workers fruit and warned that the vegetables will rot in the fields. In response to this warning, the British government said it would issue 40,000 six-month visas for foreign workers this year.
“Our employers on a farm in Scotland gave us 30 hours of work in a six-day week. But before we came to Britain, our employers had promised us 48 hours a week.
Residential, communal, national After taking out insurance and food, I had almost nothing left over from my farm salary. I came here to work and bring home money.” – from Tajikistan labour says the migrant.
“We want more work, we want to work extra and earn more. We want to earn enough money for our families at home in the six months we’re here and to be able to pay back the money we borrowed when we get back to Britain.”– says a 27-year-old Uzbek worker working on a farm in Cambridgeshire, England.
The workers, who said they did not want to “face the problem”, spoke to Radio Liberty on the condition of anonymity.
From a paycheck for a Central Asian worker in England for August national After deducting insurance costs, his weekly earnings are $380. Besides, 72 more than his weekly salary dollars the house is rented out; the farm gives him a small room in a trailer (caravan).
Several other Central Asian migrants working in various parts of Britain were given 12 hours a week before departure,20 They say that 48 hours of work is promised from the dollar.
But after they arrived, some farms gave them new contracts with fewer hours and lower wages. 11.40 per hour for a Central Asian worker who received a seasonal worker visa in May dollars he said he bought it. This is minimal in Britain Salary is considered
Britain has recently raised the wages of seasonal workers from the minimum wage to that of skilled workers. According to government regulations, seasonal workers who receive their visas after April 6 will be paid at least 12 per hour,20 dollars (10,10 pounds) must be paid.
Fruitful Jobs, one of the main overseas recruiters for British companies, and its contractor AGRI-HR have denied that workers in Central Asia were promised a 48-hour work week.
Millions of migrant workers from Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Uzbekistan work in construction, farms and factories in Russia.
Seasonal work on British farms is a new opportunity that thousands of Central Asians are eagerly embracing.
An Uzbek worker in Milton, England, says that despite the language barrier, he earns more money and feels more comfortable in Britain. This 25-year-old employee previously worked in private construction companies in Russia for five years.
“In Russia, I earned an average of 500 dollars a month. In Britain, I won 1500 dollars last month. In Russia, there is never a guarantee that your employer will pay your salary. There is lawlessness in Russia. And in Britain law protects me” – he says.
Another worker from Tajikistan says that he never felt safe in Russia, and that he was subjected to racial discrimination and abuse by both the employer and law enforcement officers.
However, not all Middle Asians agree with the working and living conditions in Britain. A 35-year-old worker from Dushanbe recently had to leave the farm where he worked in Scotland. He cited the bad treatment of the Eastern European bosses as the reason, and said that the bosses from Bulgaria behaved rudely and insulted the workers.
He spoke about the “indecent touch” of one of the managers to a female employee from Central Asia. Although the woman begged him not to touch her, that person behaved inappropriately towards her.