World Refugee Day: five famous former refugees
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Rita Ora and Freddie Mercury are among those who fled violence to start new life in the UK
World Refugee Day is when the UN recognises the struggles and triumphs of displaced people around the world who have been forced from their homes by violence, prejudice or persecution.
To mark the day, here are five famous figures who started life as refugees:
Freddie Mercury
The legendary Queen frontman was born Farrokh Bulsara to Indian parents living in the British protectorate of Zanzibar, now part of Tanzania.
In 1964, the family left to escape the violence of the Zanzibar Revolution, in which the local African population rose up against the island’s Arab and Indian minorities.
Mercury, then aged 17, and his family started a new life in Middlesex. Six years later, he would meet guitarist Brian May and drummer Roger Taylor – and the rest is history.
Mila Kunis
Hollywood star Kunis was born in Ukraine in 1983, when the country was part of the Soviet Union.
Her parents, aware of the limited ...
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