A Chinese cockler who was smuggled into the country to find work is pleading with the authorities not to send him home after he fell in love with an Ulverston woman.
After travelling half way across the world, 42-year-old Wang Long found work and love on the Furness coastline.
But now Mr Long and his Ulverston partner, Anne McTavish, 40, are preparing to put up a fight to stay in the country together.
"We met while I was working in a charity shop in Barrow," explained Ms McTavish. "When he appeared I felt as though I already knew him, as if I had met him before. He would come in to buy bedding and clothes and I would try to help."
But now the couple, who met last October, face a very uncertain future.
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