"Alex took me to see Mario, who’s 59. He came to Britain with his partner, Yokina, five years ago and has worked for a number of agencies since. Showing me a typical payslip Mario said he
was baffled by a £20 deduction under the heading “advance” and another unexplained debit of £44.75. They helped cut his pay from £400 to little more than £160. But Mario’s problems really began when both he and Yokina fell ill and couldn’t work, so they couldn’t pay their
rent and their agency wasn’t pleased.
He contacted the agency and we explained what was going on, and they said, “well if you’re both sick you have to leave, there’s no more work for you and you have to leave your
accommodation tomorrow.” A few days later three men came, a van driver which we know from the agency because he used to drive us to work and two more men that we’ve never seen them before, they were very big and very threatening and they told me you have to leave this
house immediately.
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