When a young girl, Ai Qin, pays $25,000 to be smuggled into the UK in order to support her family back in China, she becomes another one of 3 million migrant workers that have become the bedrock of our economy. Forced to live with eleven other Chinese people in a two bedroom house, they work in factories preparing food for British supermarkets. Risking their lives for pennies these unprotected workers end up cockling in Morcombe Bay at night.

• DirectorNick Broomfield
• Release25 October 2006
• GenreDrama
• Duration1h 36m
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  6.5
  14 reviews
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  Lafayette Films, Head Gear Films, Film4 Productions, Channel 4 Television