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Temporary migration programmes: the cause or antidote for migrant worker exploitation in UK agriculture
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posted on 2023-06-21, 06:02 authored by Erica Consterdine, Sahizer SamukThe referendum result in Britain in 2016 and the potential loss of EU labour in the advent of a “hard Brexit” has raised pressing questions for sectors that rely on EU labour, such as agriculture. Coupled with the closure of the long-standing Seasonal Agricultural Scheme in 2013, policymakers are grappling with how to satisfy one the one hand employer demands for mobility schemes, and on the other public demands for restrictive immigration policies. Labour shortages in agriculture transcend the immigration debate, raising questions for food security, the future of automation and ultimately what labour market the UK hopes to build. Temporary Migration programmes have been heralded as achieving a triple win, yet they are rightly criticized for breeding bonded labour and exploitation. In lieu of a dedicated EU labour force agricultural employers are calling for the establishment of a new seasonal scheme. In this paper we explore whether the absence of a temporary migration programme resolves the potential exploitation of migrant workers. We argue that the absence of a TMP is not an antidote to migrant exploitation, and that a socially just TMP which is built around migrant agency may be the most palpable solution.
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FP7 - TEMPER - TEMPORARY VERSUS PERMANENT MIGRATION; G1323; EUROPEAN UNION; FP7-SSH-2013-2-613468
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Journal of International Migration and IntegrationISSN
1488-3473Publisher
Springer VerlagExternal DOI
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4Volume
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1005-1020Department affiliated with
- Geography Publications
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- Sussex Centre for Migration Research Publications
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2018-05-04First Open Access (FOA) Date
2018-06-04First Compliant Deposit (FCD) Date
2018-05-04Usage metrics
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