Indian nurses in demand as Asians fill U.K. post-Brexit labor gaps

Health care to farming sectors short of workers after Europeans shut out

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Nurses trained in India are sought after in the U.K., which is facing a huge labor shortage.  © Reuters

RHYANNON BARTLETT-IMADEGAWA, Nikkei staff writer

LONDON -- Nurses and midwives trained in India outnumbered their Filipino counterparts in the U.K. for the first time this year, as Asian workers fill vacancies in sectors from health care to agriculture seven years after Brexit triggered an exodus of EU citizens, recent figures show.

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