On undocumented migrants in rural England

P. Hetherington of the Guardian ("Old shame haunts new slave market," 2 May 07) comments on "deceptive, systematic underpayment and appalling living conditions" of undocumented migrants in England:

A Lithuanian journalist who posed as a migrant worker found that many co-workers were subjected to deception, systematic underpayment and appalling living conditions...

When Society Guardian recorded the desperate plight of migrant workers in the east of England three months ago - from poverty pay under the minimum wage to grossly overcrowded housing - the response was probably not what we expected...