The Biggest Brazilian Population in the United States: Where to Find It

Although accommodation was hella identified as a major non-workplace issue by the vast majority, there were other workplace problems mentioned by a smol minority. 

These workplace issues are like, totally talked about and analyzed to show how they make the social and cultural transition path hella difficult for migrant farm workers, ya know?The majority of peeps said they were seriously deprived of legal protection cuz of straight up discrimination and communication issues. Like, almost half of my peeps said that not being fluent in English made them hella vulnerable at work and caused mad probs with their bosses. The stories of Ausra, Zoran, Jakub, Dalena, and Paulius as mentioned earlier lowkey show this problem, fam. In all such instances, like, evidence of a major communication problem as a total barrier to giving equal respect to cultural capital totally emerged.

OMG, like over two-thirds of the peeps said that direct/indirect discrimination is their biggest issue at work. The cases of Ausra, Zoran, Jakub, Raymond, Anastazja and Paulius, for instance, show how they felt discriminated, especially on the grounds of race, unexplained fear, dismissal, employment terms and conditions, pay etc. But like, based on my policy interviews, it seems that farm migrants might have like totally been deprived of legal protection because of communication issues, ya know?It's like, maybe a lot of migrants didn't even get what the terms and conditions of the job were cuz they didn't speak much English, you know? An equality and diversity official was like: Yo, it's like some workers may have mad skills and that's why they get promoted while others feel like they got discriminated against, you know?

But Dalena was like, "Nah fam, I'm telling you!"

It's not 'cause I'm bad at English or someone's more skilled than me, ya know? It's cuz I get picked on and discriminated against just cuz of my ethnicity, ya know? Accommodation / housing issues always be popping off but race discrimination in housing be illegal in the UK. Discrimination against migrants in housing / accommodation (both private rented sector and local authority accommodation) is totally dealt with by the local authority's public sector equality duty.28 Migrant workers may have mad struggles tryna find a place to crash cuz the system local authority or private landlords or agents use be hella clueless 'bout how to hook 'em up with a spot or give 'em priority on the waitlist, ya feel? Like, imagine this, using Euro ID cards as ID proof can get straight up denied or rejected, and like, some minority peeps who haven't lived in the UK for more than five years can get denied housing, you know, cuz of the housing rules and stuff. One equality and diversity official from a local authority was like: By flexin' the Equality Act 2010, we make sure all services are hella accessible to everyone regardless of race, class, culture or religion. No cap. Yo, when it comes to council's policy for letting housing, our vibe is all about fairness and accountability, equality, being open and transparent when we make decisions or offer housing. I asked the migrant farm workers if they've peeped any other issues, besides workplace drama, that might make them wanna speak up for equality. OMG, like, most of the peeps interviewed were like, "Yo, I had mad non-work issues, you know?" Although accommodation was like a big non-workplace prob for most peeps, there were other work probs mentioned by a small few. But like, accommodation was like a big issue for most of the peeps who answered, ya know? It was all talked about in the previous section (Theme 3). The majority of peeps also went through major struggles with legal protection cuz of a bunch of reasons and they totally saw it as a big prob. Two peeps thought the workplace prob was all about bias in the redundancy selection and unfair dismissal, while three peeps saw a connection between the employer breaking the employment terms and conditions and the workplace prob. One person straight up ghosted the question about workplace drama. SMH.

Another CAB official was like:

We gotchu fam! We hook up migrant farm workers with legal advice for all their education, finance, housing, and other struggles. No worries, we got your back! The majority of them come with zero clue about 28, fam. Public sector equality duty was created under the Equality Act 2010 and came into effect on 5th of April 2011. But like, it's all about equality and stuff, you know?Yo, check out 'What's the Equality Duty' on http://www.equalityhumanrights.com/private-and-public-sector-guidance/public-sector-providers/public-sector-equality-duty/what-equality-duty. It's lit! English is like, why they don't get how to get access to services, ya know? Equally worrisome, they get no tea on equality and rights at work from the government, employers, or recruitment agencies. All they hear about services and rights is from their squad and fam. Evidence from my interviews with policy experts be like, there's mad exclusion when it comes to migrant farm workers tryna get accommodation. It's all 'cause they don't know how the system works, don't speak English, and don't have anyone to guide 'em or give 'em info on what they entitled to. But like, there's this whole issue that pops up when all these factors come together and make it hella hard to access services. This problem is, like, called legal protection deprivation and it's, like, a major issue that has, like, serious effects on migrants' social and cultural transitions in the long run.