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NGOs call for the UK’s Seasonal worker visa scheme to be overhauled as scheme operator loses licence

August 16, 2024
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Kate Roberts

Head of Policy

NGOs have called on the government to re-think its seasonal worker visa (SWV) scheme to ensure that migrant agricultural workers are protected in the wake of a second scheme operator losing their licence to sponsor workers on the seasonal worker visa. Members of the Seasonal Worker Interest Group said the government must learn the lessons from the previous experience of stripping a scheme operator of its licence in 2023.

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