On Britain’s Farms, a Shortage of EU Workers Squeezes Harvests

A weaker pound and expected tightening of immigration are deterring the Eastern European migrants who had picked crops in recent years

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LANGLEY, England—Faced with a shortage of farmworkers this summer, Tim Chambers decided to destroy 165 tons of rotting strawberries.

The prospect of tightening immigration rules once Britain leaves the European Union in two years, along with a weakening pound, has deterred the Eastern European laborers whom he had relied on in recent years.

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