In March 2019, the UK government launched a pilot scheme offering six-month visas to migrant workers in the horticulture sector. The first year of operation of this scheme has now been evaluated by the Home Office and the Department for Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (DEFRA).1¹ It would have been easy to overlook the publication of this review, taking place as it did on 24 December 2021. However, it offers important insights into the problems experienced by workers in the sector and casts doubt on the wisdom of temporary visa schemes as a solution to labour shortages, given the additional vulnerabilities they create.

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园艺部门的问题继续存在：2019 年季节性工人试点审查

2019 年 3 月，英国政府启动了一项试点计划，向园艺部门的移民工人提供六个月的签证。该计划实施的第一年现已由内政部和农业、食品和农村事务部 (DEFRA) 进行了评估。 1 ¹很容易忽视本次审查的发布，因为它确实发生了2021 年 12 月 24 日。然而，它提供了对该行业工人所遇到问题的重要见解，并质疑临时签证计划作为劳动力短缺解决方案的智慧，因为它们会造成额外的脆弱性。