What should growers make of the migration report?Exception made for fresh produce in call for a shift away from low-skill immigration

摘要

By holding out the "possibility" of a seasonal agricultural workers scheme (SAWS), the Migration Advisory Committee's (MAC) long-awaited final report, published last month, makes an exception for fresh produce amid its wider call for a shift away fromlow-skill immigration.Hot on the heels of the Government's announcement of a pilot SAWS, the MAC report has given qualified backing to such a scheme, but in the context of a proposed wider switch to higher-skill migration post-Brexit.