Without free movement my mum and I would not be living in Scotland

Julia Stachurska, 18, is studying politics at West of Scotland University. She moved here from Poland in 2007 with her mum, Justyna, 41. They live in Wishaw. Julia plans to do a post-graduate diploma in secondary school education to become a teacher.

Mum came here so that I could get a better education and she could find work.

She didn’t have a job at first, we came with nothing, and she worked in a hotel for a while and did other odd jobs.

I didn’t speak any English when I started school but now I’m as Glaswegian as you can get.

The end of free movement is worrying.

Without free movement my mum and I wouldn’t be here and we wouldn’t have had the chance to make a better life for ourselves.

Knowing that other people won’t have that opportunity is a bit daunting for me.

It’s frightening to think

that I wouldn’t have been able to do what I’m doing right now and to be in a country that I love.

I’m passionate about living in Scotland and I’m working towards the best for this country.

Being able to do that here is amazing. I want to give something back to Scotland because it has given me so much.

The fact that Scotland wasn’t even mentioned in the agreement, and Wales, was shocking.

And the number of resignations this week has been a total surprise to most people and it has caused a lot more uncertainty.

Although EU citizens have been promised they can stay I’m still worried about the future and whether I’ll be able to carry on doing the same things.