Migration

The free movement of people: what it is and why it matters

Monika Cyrek, a Polish national who works in a grocery store run by her mother that sells mostly Polish products, poses for a photograph in Walton-on-Thames, Britain June 18, 2016. "If we're not wanted here, probably a lot of people will leave and try other places," said Cyrek. Picture taken June 18, 2016.

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