‘Targets are unrealistic’: sacked fruit picker tells of treatment on Kent farm

‘Targets are unrealistic’: sacked fruit picker tells of treatment on Kent farm

Kazakhstani man says he regrets coming to UK for seasonal work, but employer refutes account of his experience

Number of seasonal workers seeking help after being sacked by UK farms doubles in past year

It had been a sweltering morning picking cherries beneath plastic polytunnels in July when Ilyas finally lost his temper at the farm where he was working in Kent.

“We could hardly breathe in there,” he said. “It was very difficult to work because the weather was very hot.”

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