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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Harriet Sherwood Arts and culture correspondent

Cartoonists create colouring book for refugees in rebuff to UK government

London bus drawing from Welcome to Britain
The Welcome to Britain colouring book, which features aspects of British life such as London buses, will be given to all children newly arrived in the UK. Photograph: Henny Beaumont/PCO

It was an act of mean-spiritedness that shocked people across the political spectrum. In April, a UK government minister ordered a mural of cartoon characters at a reception centre for migrants to be painted over lest children mistook it as a sign of welcome.

But out of adversity has come joy. In response, leading cartoonists have created an uplifting Welcome to Britain colouring book to be given to children arriving in the UK.

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