Refugee week: do a simple act

As part of the refugee week campaign I am today doing a simple act:
Find one big or small thing that was created by a refugee.



This simple act highlights the contributions that refugees make to the world. What better way to celebrate 60 years of contributions by refugees.

So what did I find?
There are too many to mention, so I've gone back to my engineering routes and selected architects.  Two refugees were a key part of the building of the Millennium Dome in London; now the O2 arena.  They are Richard Rogers' whose parents were refugees; and Eva Jiricna who herself fled from Czechoslovakia.

For more about the invaluable contribution that refugees made and continue to make to our society please continue visiting the exhibition at the V&A museum.  There you'll find many refugees without whom we would be worse off including my second choice, Freud.


For more information on refugee week please go to http://www.refugeeweek.org.uk