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Robert Dex

Tycoon who arrived as a refugee plans new Museum of Migration in City of London

A refugee who became a successful property developer has pledged to spend millions of pounds to build a Museum of Migration in the heart of the City of London.

Multi-millionaire Sukhpal Singh Ahluwalia has offered to house the museum, currently based in Lewisham shopping centre, across three floors of a 20-storey tower he wants to build as student accommodation near Tower Hill. The museum says it can attract up to 140,000 visitors to the site every year.

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