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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world. Some areas where coal is abundant the whole population works around the coal from extracting, refining, selling and also employing it for cooking and heating. Many women are working in coal mining, although they are not allowed to work underground. . .
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  • There are a lot of women working in coal mining overground in China. They are not allowed underground due to superstitious belief that they would bring bad luck. Their tasks are equal to men.  Overground they dug coal and carry to refineries. Wangjizhai, South West  China.
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  • Zhi Du Coal Mine, Laoyshing mountains.  This is a legal coal mine.  Workers are registered and do enjoy better working conditions.  Two coal miners resting.
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  • A coal miner in Wangjiazhai, South West China, working over-ground mining. Coal miners carry up to 50kg of coal on their back. They are paid by the amount of buckets they fill and carry.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.   Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment
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  • Women are not allowed to go down the caves because of superstition so they work on surface mining only.  Their work varies from digging to carrying coal and does not differ from that of men.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are generally situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
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  • Women are not allowed to go down the caves because of superstition so they work on surface mining only.  Their work varies from digging to carrying coal and does not differ from that of men.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the most remote parts of mountains and are very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In coal miners run illegally accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored. The economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
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  • Widows of war receive 60 Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. Often if they have a son, he is going to work at an early age to help out the family.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. Often if they have a son, he is going to work at an early age to help out the family.
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  • Many of the villagers of Wangjiazhai work with coal from selling to refining, digging and collecting.  Their homes and lifestyle are quite poor and coal seems to be part of it from being a source of income to be is used for heating and cooking. Children help their parents in collecting coal.
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  • Wangjiazhai is a coal mining village in South West China.  Many of its inhabitants work with coal from digging, transporting and removal.  Surface mining from an open cast mining covers large areas of the village...
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  • Entire families live and work in coal mining. Often they live in proximity of the mines.  Children of coal miners since early age help out.  Zhi Du coal mine.  This is a legal coal mine.
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  • A chinese coal miner returning to the village of Wanghazhai after a day work.
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  • Many of the villagers of Wangjiazhai work with coal from selling to refining, digging and collecting.  Their homes and lifestyle are quite poor and coal seems to be part of it from being a source of income to be is used for heating and cooking.
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  • The village of Wangjiazhai has a coal refinery where many of its inhabitants work.  Workers outside the refinery.
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  • We have been living in this flat for 8 years waiting to be moved into a larger home. At the time, Ralph was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old...
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  • Alison's eldest child is finding it difficult to focus on his studies. His results at school are starting to show signs of deterioration. The child has confided to his teacher that he is finding it hard to study at home, but he feels guilty about complaining. Alison, Chichester.
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  • Recent studies have found that children living in overcrowded conditions have lower school attainment and more difficulty in forming relationships. Alison recounts that her older children don't want to invite their school peers to their home.
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  • "Whenever you go to the council to explain your situation, it does not feel like they are even listening. They seem to just not care. They make you feel as if you are lying to be able to get on a higher priority band. But they should come and live the overcrowding. They just don't care." Alison.
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  • "For us to be normal we wouldn't have to think of having no space"
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  • "Then we wrote to the MP. Emily was 7 months old. Only then they said that the Environmental Health said that actually our home is only meant for 4 people so then we were moved back to B band" Alison
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  • "We have been living in this flat for 8 years waiting to be moved into a larger home. At the time, Ralph was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old..." Alison
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  • The family of six have been on a council waiting list for a bigger home for over three years.Recently the family has moved the younger children's beds into the living room.
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  • We have been living in this flat for 8 years waiting to be moved into a larger home. At the time, Ralph was one year old and Ollie was just two weeks old...
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the  worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
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  • Rubber boots on coal mine. China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world and it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. And to make matter worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. ..
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simpy shut and covered as if they never existed..In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur more frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exist makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
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  • On the surface Berlin is a modern city looking to the West whilst reconciling to the past; however beyond the surface, Berlin is pulled in different directions. Still today a fervent movement, mainly in the former Eastern side of the city is resisting to the West and its perceived capitalism.  Often occupied premises are used to make statements about the occupants ideologies. For instance printmaking is used on shirts with writing anti Bush slogans. An occupied house in Warschauer Strasse.
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  • Some of the international aid organisations like Medicos del Mundo opened workshops rooms for widows to use to sew and knit and make clothing that they could sell. A woman says that there is more comfort in being together with other women living similar circumstances in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. If they do have sons, they normally take charge in the upkeeping of the family with their mum.  Ngos like Medicos del Mundo have opened workshops rooms where the widows can engage in creating house wares like cloths, towels, etc. by knitting and sewing. They then sell their products. A woman says that overall there is more conformt in being together than in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. If they do have sons, they normally take charge in the upkeeping of the family with their mum.  Ngos like Medicos del Mundo have opened workshops rooms where the widows can engage in creating house wares like cloths, towels, etc. by knitting and sewing. They then sell their products. A woman says that overall there is more conformt in being together than in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Overground coal is extracted and carried into wicker buckets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of buckets.
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  • Wangjiazhai is a coal village. Coal permeates the life style of its inhabitants and it is the main source of income.  Coal is employed for heating and cooking.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. If they do have sons, they normally take charge in the upkeeping of the family with their mum.  Ngos like Medicos del Mundo have opened workshops rooms where the widows can engage in creating house wares like cloths, towels, etc. by knitting and sewing. They then sell their products. A woman says that overall there is more conformt in being together than in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Widows of war receive 60Euros for maintenance. With this meagre income they can hardly make ends meet. If they do have sons, they normally take charge in the upkeeping of the family with their mum.  Ngos like Medicos del Mundo have opened workshops rooms where the widows can engage in creating house wares like cloths, towels, etc. by knitting and sewing. They then sell their products. A woman says that overall there is more conformt in being together than in making an income as generally most women in Kosovo know how to sew or knit.
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  • Overground coal is extracted and carried into wicker backets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of backets.
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  • Overground coal is extracted and carried into wicker backets to the refinery.  Men and women carry up to 50kg of coal on their back and they are paid by the amount of buckets.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. Normally, these are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff. Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small. The miners are often recruited among migrant workers with a farming background.
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  • wjanghazai, a coal mining village in Guizho, South West China. Miners collecting coal in an open cast area in the middle of the village.
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  • Illegal coal mining is widespread in China. Coal mines illegally run are operated under the corrupted eye of a local sheriff. Outdated equipment is adopted in coal mining.
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  • On the surface Berlin is a modern city looking to the West whilst reconciling to the past; however beyond the surface, Berlin is pulled in different directions. Still today a fervent movement, mainly in the former Eastern side of the city is resisting to the West and its perceived capitalism.  Often occupied premises are used to make statements about the occupants ideologies. For instance printmaking is used on shirts with writing anti Bush slogans. An occupied house in Warschauer Strasse.
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  • China is one of the largest producer of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions. To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years making coal miners lives at even more risks. Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain is an example of one of the illegal coal mines. The health and safety measures in the illegal coal mines are almost no-existing.
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  • China is one of the largest producers of coal in the world, but it has also one of the worse recorded mining conditions claiming thousands of lives every year.  To make matters worse, illegal coal mining has increased over the years putting the coal miners' lives at greater risks.  Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying Mountain is an example of one of the many illegal coal mines.  Safety measures are no-existing; broken rails, only one exit and entry point and no protective clothing or equipment to name a few.
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  • On the surface Berlin is a modern city looking to the West whilst reconciling to the past; however beyond the surface, Berlin is pulled in different directions. Still today a fervent movement, mainly in the former Eastern side of the city is resisting to the West and its perceived capitalism.  An occupied house in Warschauer Strasse.
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  • On the surface Berlin is a modern city looking to the West whilst reconciling to the past; however beyond the surface, Berlin is pulled in different directions. Still today a fervent movement, mainly in the former Eastern side of the city is resisting to the West and its perceived capitalism.  An occupied house in Warschauer Strasse.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China is an illegal coal mine. They are able to operate because of the complicity with a local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.. In coal miners run illegaly accidents occur  frequently because health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous because if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.
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  • There are a lot of women working in coal mining  in China. They are not allowed underground due to superstitious belief that they would bring bad luck but they work in overground mining. Their tasks are equal to men.  Wangjizhai, South West  China.
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  • Many Icelanders have left Iceland to seek work abroad. Orn used to work at sea and he lost his job. He is now working in Oman.
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  • Many Icelanders have left Iceland to seek work abroad. Orn used to work at sea and he lost his job. He is now working in Oman.
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  • What can you do to survive? This country feels like a father that is slapping its own son/daughter. The son/daughter wants to go right or left but he is not given a choice. He is slapped constantly to go left and enter the wrong path. He/she is not given a choice. You are forced to go on one direction, which is to do things illegally for survival.  If you don't have money, cannot find work or place to live, some end up working illegally or doing crimes like stealing or even selling drugs. ' M., Athens, 2015.
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  • A coal miner working overground digs and carries coal in wicker buckets. Wangjiazhai, China
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain in South West China.  An illegal coal mine normally run by a business man in complicity with the local sheriff.  Illegal coal mines are often situated in the inner parts of mountains and very small.  If accidents occur they just shut and covered as if nothing ever was running there..A coal miner outside the cave working on the coal extracted.
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  • Following the economic downturn in Iceland many people found jobless from one day to another. Bing is an IT Consultant working for the Landsbanki in Iceland. Although in maternity leave she found herself with no job to go back.
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  • Coal miners working in overground mining.
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  • Coal miners working in a legal coal mine have a book where they record the hours worked each day.
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  • “My friend started to wear the hijab. One day she went to the post office. At the counter the clerk serving her began speaking to her loudly and very slowly.. continuously asking her if she was understanding. My friend said there is not need to speak to me in this way. My friend was born and has lived in the UK for 30 years and ever since she has began wearing the hijab people has been treating her as if she doesn't know anything, does not speak the language.  In terms of terrorism, I am more wary of certain areas I am going to. I wouldn't feel very safe in areas of predominantly white working class like the Docklands for instance or certain areas in Hounslow. I wouldn't feel comfortable if it is late at night or I am on my own because  maybe it is just in my head but I hear of what is happening to muslim women being stripped of their scarves  off on the street, being shouted at, called names I just wouldn't feel same.  It happens frequently, I heard one lady was beaten up in Fulham and that's very west London and she was walking and a guy was very aggressive to her. She was wearing jilbab, the full cover, and he started to pull off her clothes and being shouting to go back to her country, effing terrorist, it is more like people are encouraged to come out and feel hatred towards others.” A., October 2016.
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  • Young child with his father working in selling unrefined coal.
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  • In the Roma ghetto of Sofia, Fakulteta Mahala, normal city services do not reach there. There is no public transport,no road management, hardly working electricity and water.
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  • Frustration runs high among the refugees living in Rodopa residence. Last March, they askded for a meeting with the head of the regional police  Salvatore Malfi demanding the official registration in the country so that they would be able to legally remain in the country and look for work.
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  • Spending some time at the centre, I could hear and see that one of the most difficult thing is having no scope. Having no possibility to work, forming a life outside the walls of the centre is draining on their well being.
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  • Some of the residents have found some casual work locally, whilst the majority spend time in the centre. Regrettably there is no much available.
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  • Being asked to pay before my meal... more things like that. Nothing so drastic. For me there have been more the small things. To be honest, I think it only effects people maybe in their work place more than anything. On the outside most people in Britain are rather friendly. It is only with work opportunities.. that's when it is felt the most. For instance, not being able to move up on the work ladder, not given opportunities. That's were it effects the most. These are the things going on here in Britain more that the most drastic events like mass violence. That happens a lot less here. It is more economical here. Sometimes I think what does it take to be a Prime Minister? In my mind it is almost impossible to become a Prime Minister for anybody of my colour. I don't know why. June, 2016.
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  • Coal miners often live in the closest villages or next to the mines. Wangjiazhai is a typical coal mining community.  Those that live in this village work in the mines nearby, in the refinery and or in surface mining.  This is the main square of Wangjiazhai village with some of the coal miners returned from work.
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  • Many women work in coal mining. They work in overground mining. Wanghazhai, South West China
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine, an illegal coal mine on the Laoying Mountains in South West China.  Illegal coal mines normally are run by a business man in complicity with a local sheriff.  They are generally small and situated in the inner parts of mountains.  If accidents occur they are simply shut and covered as if they never existed.  In illegal coal mines accidents occur more frequently because even the basic health and safety measures are ignored.  Just the bare fact that these mines are run on just one point of entrance and exit makes them extremely dangerous: if an accident occurs close to the shaft there is no passage to escape from.  However, the economic boom of the recent years in China has seen a huge migration for work particularly from rural areas because of the enormous decline in farming.  Many desperate people leave their homes searching for work and accepting any terms of employment.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain. Illegal coal mine. It is a small coal mine owned by a private individual. A coal mine at work. the trolley is slided down on the rail into the tunnel and once filled of coall pushed manually.
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  • Vera, kosovo refugee in her temporary accomodation in East London. She is posing with friends from Kosovo. he majority of refugees have their right to stay in the UK permanently pending. Many suffer from this stressful situation where they see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between the community of refugees is strong supported by the need to keep some of their culture and costumes.
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  • Lan Ba Coal Mine on the Laoying mountain. Illegal coal mine. It is a small coal mine owned by a private individual. A coal mine at work. the trolley is slided down on the rail into the tunnel.
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  • Taschele staircase in Berlin. It used to be just a squat, today it is one of the most visited place to look at artists work. There are still some people that use the place as a home but less and less so.
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  • The majority of refugees that arrive in the Uk are offered provisional housing, vouchers to buy food and are not allowed to seek employment.  This situation meant to be temporary often takes years to settle.  Many kosovan families even after years do not know whether they have their right to stay permanently in the UK.  Refugees see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between their community is the only attachment that they form, partly because of their common plight and partly because of a need to ascertain their cultural identity.
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  • Linda is a child from Kosovo.  Her parents sought refuge in London Uk. They entered the Uk 5 years ago, however their status is still pending.  At any time they can be asked by the Home Office to leave the country. Their lives are pending.  They cannot work, they don't know if they have to leave, they cannot go anywhere.  In the meanwhile, many children, some even born in the new country adapt and don't know any other place which to call home.
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  • The majority of refugees that arrive in the Uk are offered provisional housing, vouchers to buy food and are not allowed to seek employment.  This situation meant to be temporary often takes years to settle.  Many kosovan families even after years do not know whether they have their right to stay permanently in the UK.  Refugees see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between their community is the only attachment that they form, partly because of their common plight and partly because of a need to ascertain their cultural identity.
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  • One worker going back to his room after his work shift. Karahnjukar, Iceland
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  • The majority of refugees have their right to stay in the UK permanently pending. Many suffer from this stressful situation where they see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between the community of refugees is strong supported by the need to keep some of their culture and costumes.
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  • Vera, Kosovo refugee in her temporary accomodation in East London. The majority of refugees that arrive in the Uk are offered provisional housing, vouchers to buy food and are not allowed to seek employment.  This situation supposed to be temporary often takes years to settle, so many like Vera even after 5 years still do not know whether they have their right to stay permanently. Many  see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between the community of refugees is strong supported by the need to keep some of their culture and costumes alive.
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  • The majority of refugees that arrive in the Uk are offered provisional housing, vouchers to buy food and are not allowed to seek employment.  This situation meant to be temporary often takes years to settle.  Many kosovan families even after years do not know whether they have their right to stay permanently in the UK.  Refugees see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between their community is the only attachment that they form, partly because of their common plight and partly because of a need to ascertain their cultural identity.
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  • The village of Wangjiazhai has a coal refinery where many of its inhabitants work.  The air is filled with the greyness of coal.  When i look at this picture i always feel as being the end of something.
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  • The majority of refugees that arrive in the Uk are offered provisional housing, vouchers to buy food and are not allowed to seek employment.  This situation meant to be temporary often takes years to settle.  Many kosovan families even after years do not know whether they have their right to stay permanently in the UK.  Refugees see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between their community is the only attachment that they form, partly because of their common plight and partly because of a need to ascertain their cultural identity.
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  • Vera, kosovo refugee in her temporary accomodation in East London. She is posing with friends from Kosovo. he majority of refugees have their right to stay in the UK permanently pending. Many suffer from this stressful situation where they see themselves as living in a limbo, unable to look for work and to move freely.  Often the bond between the community of refugees is strong supported by the need to keep some of their culture and costumes.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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  • Samantha is a London homeless, 35 year old single mum with three children aged 11, 9 and an infant of 5 months. She was renting privately until a few months ago when her landlord without much notice gave her an eviction notice that made her homeless. The council of Newham accepted her homeless status in June 2013,but did not perform its legal duty until February 2014.  Prior of this date and to this day, she has relied on friends and family for a place to sleep in. Last February, the council offered an emergency hotel room in Birmingham. For Samantha this would have meant losing her part time work, up-rooting her children   from school and losing all the support from her family and friends. On these basis she refused to go. The council offered then  a hotel room in Ilford. In her words, "she had to run away. It was filthy to the point that the bed had unwashed and stained covers, broken wardrobe and mould everywhere. The kitchen containing a single stove was serving 23 families. It had no fridge and no cupboards and dirty." Shocked she went straight to the council to denounce the place. Admittedly, they sent her to another emergency hotel room, again in Ilford. Equally rotten, she took photo as evidence which have enabled her to put a case forward into review. However, months later she is still living an unsettled life causing her and her children anguish.
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