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Farm workers plant celery in Ely,Cambridgeshire

Picture dated April 17th shows farm workers from G’s Growers planting celery in a field near Ely,Cambridgeshire,on Friday morning. Yesterday the company chartered a flight of Romanian workers to work in the fields in the UK.

Farm workers were seen planting celery in the fields today (Fri) near G’s Growers headquarters in Cambridgeshire after it chartered a flight of Romanian workers to the UK.
The men and women were spotted working hard in the fields in Ely this morning, hours after a flight carrying 180 Romanian workers arrived at Stansted Airport in Essex last night.
Up to six flights are believed to have been organised to bring Eastern European farm workers to Britain, to work alongside new UK recruits.
It comes after farmers launched a campaign to recruit more British workers to help with vegetable and fruit picking, after travel restrictions due to the coronavirus made it harder to get enough pickers from Eastern Europe.

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Picture dated April 17th shows farm workers from G’s Growers planting celery in a field near Ely,Cambridgeshire,on Friday morning. Yesterday the company chartered a flight of Romanian workers to work in the fields in the UK.<br /> <br /> Farm workers were seen planting celery in the fields today (Fri) near G’s Growers headquarters in Cambridgeshire after it chartered a flight of Romanian workers to the UK.<br /> The men and women were spotted working hard in the fields in Ely this morning, hours after a flight carrying 180 Romanian workers arrived at Stansted Airport in Essex last night.<br /> Up to six flights are believed to have been organised to bring Eastern European farm workers to Britain, to work alongside new UK recruits.<br /> It comes after farmers launched a campaign to recruit more British workers to help with vegetable and fruit picking, after travel restrictions due to the coronavirus made it harder to get enough pickers from Eastern Europe.