Magda Olender, 30, came to the UK to find work and left 6-year old son
Aleksander with her mother in Poland.
He joined her last year to start school in England. Mother and son had hard
times together and apart.
Hear what Magda says:
Anna Karmowska, 27, gave birth to baby daughter Aleksandra in England. She says, being a young mum in a foreign country is far from easy.
Polished off?
15-year old school boy Wojciech Michalak lives with three older siblings in the city of Gdansk in Poland. His mother recently left the family to work in an English factory. Hear Wojciech's story:
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