The UK is facing a shortage of pig slaughterers due to Brexit and Covid-19 leading to an exit of Eastern European workers. This has resulted in a backlog of around 120,000 pigs on farms waiting to be slaughtered. In response, the British government has announced plans to issue 800 six-month emergency visas to immigrant butchers. This decision was welcomed by farmers as a step in the right direction to address the labor shortage. The government is also planning to issue temporary visas to 5,000 foreign truck drivers and 5,500 poultry farmers to mitigate other labor shortages.