In the United Kingdom, people are increasingly worried about the shortage of transport workers transshipping goods across the country, which has led to the requirement for short-term visas to enter the country. According to BBC News Report on Monday. These requirements came at a time when Brexit immigration rules and the pandemic slowed the industry’s ability to recruit drivers.
However, British government officials are not expected to approve such measures.
A kind letter On June 23, British Prime Minister Boris Johnson asked the government to take action on the driver shortage. It is signed by 22 business leaders and represents food and beverage distributors. letter It is required to “introduce a temporary work visa for HGV drivers and add this occupation to the list of shortfall occupations in the Ministry of the Interior.”
The letter described this situation as a “crisis.”
The letter read: “Several factors have exacerbated the shortage, and now it is at a crisis point (more than 100,000), and the critical supply chain is failing.”
“We need a long-term solution to recruit a new generation of British truck drivers to enter the industry, but in the short term there is an urgent need to allow foreign drivers to enter based on the list of shortage occupations,” Rod McKenzie said. Road Transport Association.
The government wants the industry to hire British drivers.
Alex VeitchThe general manager of the British logistics public policy industry body said that the government needs to “provide funds for driver training to open the industry to as many people as possible and fulfill its promise to provide drivers with safe and reliable parking spaces.”
“At the same time, without temporary visas for drivers — similar to those recently granted to agricultural workers for picking important crops — the supply chain will collapse,” he said.
British consumers have seen price increases and delivery delays for months.
RHA estimate “If we are to ensure that goods can reach where they are needed when needed, there will be a shortage of approximately 100,000 HGV drivers in the UK.”
