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Police officers conducting raids on a car wash business in Cambridgeshire where employees were found to be working long hours for less than the minimum wage and living in very poor conditions. A number of people, all from Eastern Europe, 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.

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

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

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A pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formally occupied by migrant workers

Hoeing weeds by the A47, Norfolk.

Celery cutting team, Cambridgeshire.

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Newly arrived migrant workers from Lithuania looking at adverts for accomodation in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire.

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

Lithuanian workers on a Saturday morning, Norfolk.

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

A English flag painted on a the door of No 11 Falcon Rd, Wisbech, Cambridgeshire

An abandoned pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was formerly occupied by two female migrant workers who were eating dog food to survive.

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Field Supervisor

Migrants in Wisbech Cambridgeshire.

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Young workers from Eastern Europe fishing at Boston docks, Lincolnshire on a Saturday morning.

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A makeshift table with a mirror and hairbrush in an abandoned pig-sty in Wisbech, Cambridgeshire which was occupied by two Lithuanian women who were subsisting on dog food.

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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.