With searches for ‘digital nomad visas’ rising by 1,700 percent since the start of the pandemic, Portugal has been highlighted as the top choice for Brits.
Three months in and we’re yet to see the full effect of life outside the bloc. But for industries reliant on overseas staff like the care and agriculture sectors, it’s a different story
It’s a job that pays around £40,000 a year but few people want to do it, and it can’t be done by a machine. So when ‘chick sexers’ – who determine whether young chickens are male or female so they can be sorted for meat or eggs – were added to the skilled worker list set by the Migration Advisory Committee, poultry farmers breathed a sigh of relief. Butchers, bricklayers and deckhands have also been added to the list of shortage occupations for which there are not enough resident workers, offering a smoother route for migrant workers to come to the UK.