The Sprout: Five migrant-farm-worker deaths since mid-March: advocacy group By Kelsey Johnson. Published on May 6, 2021 11:50am Migrant workers at an Ontario farm pictured in this file photo, advocates are calling for better protections for migrant workers. (Jim Rankin/Toronto Star)
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Thousands of migrants and essential workers will be left out of the federal government s upcoming plan to give 90,000 temporary workers permanent residency, according to the advocacy group, the Migrant Rights Network.
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The death of a young Caribbean migrant worker last week before he could even reach his job at a farm in Scotland has caused consternation among his co-workers and farm family at Welsh Bros. Farm.
Romario Morgan, 22, was to spend his fourth season at the small farm operation that specializes in corn, asparagus, peas and pumpkins.
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“Everyone is wondering what happened, but we don’t have anything to speculate on,” said Charles Welsh, whose family has worked the land in Scotland for more than 160 years.
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