UK’s Sunak Announces 10,000 Extra Seasonal Farm Worker Visas
Workers carry empty trays to harvest cherries at a fruit farm near Sittingbourne, UK.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak said the UK government will allow an extra 10,000 seasonal agricultural workers to enter the country next year in response to demands from farmers.
The premier on Tuesday told the UK Farm to Fork Summit that ministers had rolled over to next year a seasonal workers program that allows for 45,000 temporary laborers to enter the country for horticulture and poultry, his office said in a statement. There will be the capacity for an extra 10,000 visas if needed, he told attendees.