(Jersey Evening Post) FILIPINO workers arriving in Jersey are being kept warm during the cold weather thanks to donations of winter clothing.

Ian Cardwell became aware of some of the challenges facing migrant workers when he married his wife, who is from the Philippines, four years ago.

‘They have no idea what they’re coming to,’ he said.

‘They’re used to only wearing flip-flops, no socks, and shorts, and then suddenly they arrive here in Jersey and it’s freezing.’

He added that while their employers would provide appropriate clothing for work, many Filipino staff – the majority of whom work on farms in the Island – did not have suitable clothes to wear outside of working hours.