Copyright 2017 NPR. To see more, visit RACHEL MARTIN, HOST: The United Kingdom won't leave the European Union until 2019. But some U.K. employers are already feeling a Brexit effect. NPR's Frank Langfitt reports from the county of Kent. (SOUNDBITE OF FORKLIFT REVVING) FRANK LANGFITT, BYLINE: Yani Radev is revving up his forklift at the Moat Farm, about 50 miles southeast of London. He came here last year from Bulgaria for work. YANI RADEV: I was a picker. I was picking apples last year. LANGFITT: That sounds like hard work. Is it hard work? RADEV: Yeah, it's quite hard, especially when it rains. LANGFITT: But it was worth it because Radev could earn four to five times what he made back in Eastern Europe. After last summer's Brexit vote, though, the value of the British pound plunged, cutting the U.K.'s wage advantage. RADEV: It's not that attractive as it was before Brexit. LANGFITT: Radev noted the experience of some Bulgarian friends. RADEV: Well, they had the opportunities to come
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