CNN reports that London (CNN)Coronavirus travel restrictions have led to a labor crisis for British agricultural sectors that traditionally rely on seasonal migrant workers from Europe, forcing some employers to bring workers in on charter flights.

One of the UK's largest produce suppliers, G's Fresh, said it had chartered a plane to bring workers to the UK from Romania on Thursday "to ensure we have enough seasonal agricultural workers to continue to feed our nation."

Air Charter Service told CNN it was flying 150 workers from Romania to London's Stansted Airport and had five more flights planned over the coming weeks, bringing about 900 people in total.

The need to bring in workers from eastern Europe to feed British families has exposed the UK's reliance on typically low-paid immigrants to prop up services that keep the nation running.

The UK government says it's working with the industry to help fill what the National Farmers' Union estimates is around 70,000 seasonal worker roles. NFU President Tom Bradshaw said in a statement that growers were "extremely concerned" about the impact of coronavirus on this critical workforce, calling on workers furloughed from other jobs in the UK to "pick for Britain.

[Source "https://edition.cnn.com/2020/04/17/europe/migrant-workers-uk-coronavirus-gbr-intl/index.html May 19 2020]

PS When in Romania last year I noted the huge wealth emirnat labour brought into the rural contryside.  My interviews with local people showed their huge prodness that their sons and daughters worked in the EU and were hoping that they would all come back one day to the newly prosperous Romania.  That's what its all about my dear countrymen as you await your imported food from Europe via Rotterdam - check how long the lines are now and WE are still IN the EU!!!