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'Brexit created doubt': Romanian workers turn backs on UK farms

12:04 AM

Weak pound and strong economies elsewhere make UK a less enticing prospect for seasonal staff

“This is the hardest year,” says Alexandru Barbacaru, director of Est-Vest Services, a Romanian employment agency for temporary workers for the UK.

Sitting in his office in central Bucharest, his desk cluttered with filled-in application forms and tax documents for past and present workers, Barbacaru explains the mounting difficulties for companies such as his, which for years have helped supply British farms with the fruit pickers and other labourers they need to bring in their harvests.

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