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Imagine if you were a refugee

The East End has always been a part of London where refugees and immigrants have found a new home.

Refugees often have to leave their country quickly. If you only had time to put 10 things in a suitcase what would you take?

This is what a Cyril Jackson pupil would choose

If I had to leave my country now
I would pack photo, my favourite jumper and my little toy which my cousin got and my art set.

If I had to leave my home then in 1956
I would pack: photo, my favourite T-shirt and sandals.

By Shahin

A child from Marion Richardson School interviews his Mum,
about leaving Somalia - click here to see .

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Moving Here explores, records and illustrates why people came to England over the last 200 years and what their experiences were and continue to be. It offers free access, for personal and educational use, to an online catalogue of versions of original material related to migration history from local, regional and national archives, libraries and museums.

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Cyril Jackson, Marion Richardson