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The price of love that nearly half of us cannot pay

If you fall in love with an EU citizen, your rights to a family life are at risk from Brexit. But if you fall in love with someone from elsewhere in the world, you've already lost them. It's time to push back.

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A few years ago Candy, an American dancer, met another performer while working in the UK, who she would later go on to marry.

On a student visa, she completed a course at the University of Huddersfield. The couple had their first child shortly before she graduated.

Now she may have just a few months left with her family. Her husband works in a kitchen and earns just £600 a year below the £18,600 income a British citizen needs to be able to earn to sponsor a spouse.