#Wisbech: the end of the road for migrant workers
Most of Wisbech’s 10,000 migrant workers have travelled from eastern Europe with dreams of earning a better living – but many find themselves housed in squalid conditions, exploited by corrupt gangmasters
Wisbech:the end of the road for migrant workers
►http://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2014/oct/08/wisbech-migrant-workers-exploited-gangmasters-eastern-europe
Vera, 56, says she doesn’t know who she lives with or the name of the person she pays her rent to. She is unable to produce her passport or payslips. She is uneasy at being questioned, either very confused or very unwilling to reveal any information; she sits on her bed with her head in her hands.
Council officers interviewing her, during an unannounced visit to the dilapidated house where she rents a room alongside at least nine other eastern European migrant workers, are increasingly concerned by her responses. Failure to provide a passport or payslips, and refusal to reveal employment details, are key indicators of exploitation.
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