Lorry drivers from outside EU 'exploited' in lockdown delivery surge

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Lorry drivers from outside EU 'exploited' in lockdown delivery surge
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A new business model seems to be taking hold in a logistics system under huge strain

At dusk one day this month, dozens of lorries registered in Lithuania, Poland and Romania were packed like giant sardines just off the M25. The truck stop for international drivers heading north from Dover was in a mud and gravel field around an old house converted into a cafe-cum-barber shop.

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