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'It's rare that you get a gift as a child refugee'

Mevan Babakar was a refugee from Iraq in the 1990s. She stayed in a refugee camp in the Netherlands for five years. A man who worked there bought her a bike β€˜out of the kindness of his own heart’.

She was five years old and has never forgotten it. Now she’s 29 years old and she wanted to find him to thank him. So, she posted a picture of him on twitter and asked for help. And she found him!

(Photo: Mevan Babakar and Egbert after their reunion. Credit: Mevan Babakar)

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