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'The Cheat Book' is based, partly the author's own life; he wanted a refugee character who is a scamp — and is just like everyone else

Ramzee: 'There wasn’t any stigma about being a refugee in the late '80s.'

Arriving in the UK from the civil war in Somalia, Ramzee lived in temporary housing — moving around a lot.

“There wasn’t any stigma about being a refugee in the late '80s,” he says. “But constantly moving schools meant I relied on my book friends. They were my constant.