Wednesday 27 February 2008

Migrant labour conditions checked

Police and local authorities are carrying out visits to farms in Cornwall to check on conditions being offered to migrant workers.
As many as 50,000 people from other European states now live and work in the South West.
A survey of 500 employers in Cornwall revealed a large proportion rely heavily on migrant workers.

Penzance Job Centre said 74% claimed their firms would suffer or shut down completely without migrant labour... more>