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How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion
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How a Child Refugee Became a World Chess ChampionHow a Child Refugee Became a World Chess Champion

Forced to flee Bangladesh aged eight, chess prodigy Fahim Mohammad arrived in Paris with his father as illegal immigrants.
 
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Being a Refugee: Learning and Identity: A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK
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Being a Refugee: Learning and Identity: A longitudinal study of refugees in the UKBeing a Refugee: Learning and Identity: A longitudinal study of refugees in the UK

Being a Refugee offers a picture of the lives of refugees before and after they arrive in the UK. The people featured are all highly qualified professionals and, like all refugees, their personal stories are shaped by their unique biographical, cultural and social backgrounds.

Yet each narrative is lived within the broad social template of what it means to be a refugee in contemporary Britain. And their experiences as refugees have significant implications for policy and practice.
 
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Doctor Who - EarthWorld
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Doctor Who - EarthWorldAnji Kapoor has just had the worst week of her entire life, and things aren't getting any better. She should be back at her desk, not travelling through time and space in a police box with a couple of strange men.

The Doctor (Strange Man No.1) is supposed to be returning her to Soho 2001 AD. So quite why there are dinosaurs outside Anji isn't sure. Sad sixties refugee Fitz (Strange Man No.2) seems to think they're either in prehistoric times or on a parallel Earth...
 
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