The Herak family came to the UK in 2005. When asked why they came, they talk about the hope for a better life, and sparing their children the discrimination Roma people face in Slovakia.
‘The Roma understand that a home doesn’t need axles and wheels to be “Gypsy”, and we look for other signs.’
Damian Le Bas introduces photographs taken by the Herak family.
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