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New Roots, Old Soil

Farm workers harvesting cabbages during a rain storm near Sibsey, Lincolnshire. Leafy vegetables like cabbages, kale and cauliflower are pulled in the early winter when the first frosts come. Known as the Brassica season, much of the working day is spent in the wet and cold.

Rooftop graffiti depicting the Virgin Mary cradling a bottle of beer in Boston Lincolnshire, UK. apparently representing the dependence on alcohol & religion

A demonstration in Boston, Lincolnshire, UK calling the invocation of Article 50, which would initiate the process of the UK leaving the EU.

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.

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Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.

Human Trafficking Raids

Police officers and representitives from the HMRC conducting raids on local car wash business where employees were found to be working ten hours a day for half the minimum wage and living in 'Dickensian' conditions. Five men and one woman, all of Romanian origin, were taken into voluntary protective custody in the form of the National Referral Mechanism - a Governmental framework for identifying victims of human trafficking and ensuring they receive the appropriate protection and support.

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Migrant workers harvesting cabbages near Boston, Lincolnshire during a rainstorm.

Image by Si Barber

©Si Barber Moral rights asserted. Workers from Eastern Europe shopping in Boston.

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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