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“I never sleep peacefully because I'm wondering what I'm going to do”

The EU nationals left to fall between the cracks into a life of destitution in post-Brexit Edinburgh

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David Forsyth
Sep 17, 2024
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Lukas is at a stage of life when he should be enjoying a comfortable retirement.

He’s lived here for three decades, working, socialising, contributing, after arriving in Scotland from Europe. He is also gay and Roma, and for that suffered serious discrimination and abuse in his own country.

Now, following Brexit, he is cli…

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