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'Refugees are contributing a lot to society. There are so many success stories'

The shop looks like a café which happens to have a social mission

S love the smell of good-quality coffee. When S came to the UK, S loved the coffee culture and the pub culture. S loved the small, classic-style cafés with people sipping on coffee, chatting with friends, having a croissant, that kind of stuff.

A culture where, in the morning, people grab a takeaway coffee, in the afternoon they come in with their friends, and in the winter there’s a different mood

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