1/ With calls for an increase in the annual quota for temporary workers on the #SeasonalWorkersPilot, FLEX draws attention to the importance of ensuring safeguards are introduced to reduce the risks for workers bit.ly/2Sozzc5

3/ Read our recent report with @FifeMigrants & Caroline Robinson which highlights the risks of #HumanTrafficking for forced labour on the #SWP & outlines recommendations to the Scottish & UK govt ⬇️ bit.ly/3tnOVur

Fantastic to hear the announcement of a new independent helpline for seasonal agricultural workers in Scotland by RSABI - supporting people in Scottish agriculture and our partners @FifeMigrants, supported by Scottish Government. It's one of the key recommendations of our report 👉 bit.ly/3nOXDkc bit.ly/3nQzael

Glasgow Southside is the most diverse and multi-cultural constituency in Scotland - one of the many things that makes it so brilliant. I am confident it will unite today to utterly reject these fascists.

"The slightest suspicion that someone may be entering Britain to work is often enough for them to be locked up, held at detention centres for up to a week and then expelled to wherever they have travelled from" theguardian.com/politics/2021/…

Join HumanTraffickingFdn & #accesstowork coalition's online forum discussing barriers to work & education faced by #ModernSlavery survivors in the UK, following on from our joint report 👉bit.ly/3eWSvHU Monday 24 May, 2-3.30pm Register here ⬇️ bit.ly/3f0hh9U

A new project led by the @FifeMigrants which aims to combat loneliness and promote mental health and wellbeing, has received funding from the University's Community Fund to establish the first Conversational Café in North East Fife ow.ly/i5Q050F2OD5 #evertoexcel

Important article in Jacobin highlighting conditions & risks of #exploitation for seasonal agricultural workers in the UK, referencing FLEX report on #SWP👉bit.ly/3nOXDkc & our guidance for seasonal workers in Scotland 👉bit.ly/3pJodwd bit.ly/3cp1M9O

Thank you very much to the BBC and Gary Robertson for having us live this morning to discuss the EU Settlement Scheme and issues arising

FLEX has joined AfterExploitation.Bsky.Social, Anti-Slavery International, Freedom United, ILPA, Women for Refugee Women 🧡 & Helen Bamber Foundation 🧡 in raising grave concerns over the 'New Plan for Immigration' in light of the Government's failure to protect survivors of #trafficking bit.ly/3wgdVFq

In response to FLEX's report on #exploitation in the UK #hospitality sector, GMB Union national secretary called on govt to engage with unions to tackle poor treatment of workers & 'deal with the long-term underlying problems' bit.ly/3i5bnF6

HAPPENING NOW: FLEX launches report on experiences of couriers in the UK app-based delivery sector FLEX’s @EleonoraPaesanl & Peer Researcher & IWGB organiser Alberico Ricci are presenting the findings & analysis of the research

2021 UK annual report on #modernslavery was published today. gov.uk/government/pub…

1/ Read FLEX’s response to Govt’s review of the 1st year of the Seasonal Workers Pilot, which raises serious concerns about worker welfare on the scheme ⬇️ bit.ly/3zVinwH

1/ JUST OUT: FLEX & Latin American Women's Rights Service - LAWRS guide for police & labour inspectors working with migrants to prevent & address abuse & #exploitation bit.ly/3JknEkG

1/FLEX is very concerned by the now withdrawn suggestion that Seasonal Workers Visa be offered as a route for Ukrainians seeking safety instead of real refugee protection. FLEX’s research & Govt’s own review has shown risks of #exploitation on the scheme bit.ly/3zVinwH

'Who picks your fruit? And more importantly who represents them in policy spaces', my blog for @migrationpolicyscotland about how seasonal migrant agricultural workers are represented and claim power around the world, with some thoughts for #Scotland migrationpolicyscotland.org.uk/publications/p…

Lucila Granada FLEX raised this issues some weeks ago in a letter to the Home Secretary and Minister together with Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants Rights of Women ILPA Trades Union Congress Migrant Voice 🧡 labourexploitation.org/publications/l… The UK needs to act proactively to mitigate risks to Ukrainian workers on the SWV

Great questions from Maggie Chapman MSP on the need for representation of seasonal agricultural workers in Scotland. Nice to hear the Worker Support Centre being championed too, but more work is vital to meet the SG's commitments to achieving effective worker voice in this sector.

Really important and fascinating report from Work Rights Centre out today reviewing the systemic drivers of migrant worker exploitation both as a result of ever increasing numbers of sponsored visas and the desperate underfunding of labour market enforcement. workrightscentre.org/media/1366/fin…