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22. Find one big or small thing that was created by a refugee
We are celebrating 60 years of refugee contributions in 2011 and you can help digging up lots and lots of examples.
Did you know that toilet paper rolls were introduced to the UK by a German refugee in the 1930s? Or have you ever thought about the most classic of British favourites: fish ‘n chips, which were imported by refugees from Portugal in the 17th century? The Mini was designed by a Greek, who fled Turkey in 1922. There are a million of things all around us that were brought to the UK from other countries by people who had to flee war, persecution or injustice. Your Burmese restaurant down the street might be run by refugees. Your corner shop, your favourite dish, the music you just listened to or the video you’ve just watched on YouTube might be another example. There are books and poems, songs and painting, graffiti and raps, patterns, fabrics, scents, sounds, photography, clever ideas and all this food that arrived over here in this context. These are things that make all of our lives just that little bit richer and more interesting
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