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The cross of St George painted on a the door of a home at 11 Falcon Road,Wisbech, Cambridgeshire, the day before the Brexit Referendum in 2016.

Exodus 12:23 "And when He seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two side posts, the Lord will pass over the door and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you."

Migrants in Wisbech Cambridgeshire.

migrant workers seeking work in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Iasmina, Horatiu and Luminata, factory workers from Romania, shopping after finishing work on Saturday afternoon.

Agostinho from Portugal waits for the agency minibus to take him to work. A 'limb' worker in Wisbech, he has no contract of employment and is often employed on a daily basis for cash.

New Roots, Old Soil

Babak, a Hungarian of Iranian descent waits for his friends in Wisbech market place on a Saturday afternoon wearing his new jeans. Taking advantage of the Citizens' Rights Directive 2004/38/EC he came to the UK for work and is employed in a vegetable packing factory on the edge of the town. Initially working the night shift he has recently been promoted to team leader and now works days.

Little Europe convenience shop, in Wisbech market place.

“Foreign cigarettes and hand rolling tobacco are not subject to the strict regulation and control measures that would benefit UK authorised sale items and in most cases have not had UK duty paid on them. Distribution and sale of illicit / counterfeit goods is linked to serious and organised crime and nationally is a drain on the economy.”

New Roots, Old Soil

A young woman from Estonia walks along the A47 in Cambridgeshire between her two jobs at McDonald's and a petrol station.

New Roots, Old Soil

A hairbrush, a broken mirror, a plate.

An abandoned pigsty inhabited by two Latvian women who came to the UK seeking work but found themselves homeless and eating dog food to survive. Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

Image by Si Barber

Newsagents window with advert for a rented room in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire,UK

Migrants in Wisbech Cambridgeshire.

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Si Barber

Halloween on Wisbech Rd,King’s Lynn 2019.

Si Barber

Halloween on Wisbech Rd,King’s Lynn 2019.

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copyright Si Barber 07739 472 922.Moral rights Asserted A pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formally occupied by migrant workers

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copyright Si Barber 07739 472 922.Moral rights Asserted A pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formally occupied by migrant workers

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copyright Si Barber 07739 472 922.Moral rights Asserted A pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formally occupied by migrant workers