Original title: the UK will issue tens of thousands of short-term work visas to truck drivers. Source: CCTV News client
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Britain will issue 10500 short-term work visas to truck drivers and poultry workers to address recent staff shortages and ease the crisis of undermanned transport of goods such as fuel and food, the British government announced today.
The short-term visa will be valid from next month until late December.
Affected by factors such as leaving the European Union and the COVID-19 epidemic, there is a serious shortage of British truck drivers, and the resulting supply chain crisis has led to a recent shortage of gas stations and supermarkets in the UK.
In recent days, there have been long queues of cars waiting to refuel or want to stock up at many gas stations in the UK. On the 25th local time, fuel at many gas stations in London was still in short supply.
Local driver:This is too bad, because last night, I was at a gas station, waiting for gas for an hour and a half.
BP P.L.C. and British oil company Esso have recently closed some gas stations that are short of fuel. BP P.L.C. said on the 23rd that dozens or even hundreds of its 1200 gas stations in the UK are currently short of fuel.
(editor Xiang Dan)