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Little Amal took her first steps in the United Kingdom today when she arrived to a warm welcome from locals on the 19th of October 2021 the seafront in Folkestone, United Kingdom. Little Amal is a 3.5 metre-tall living artwork of a young Syrian refugee child who has spent the last 3 months walking 8000 km from the boarder of Syria across Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the UK to focus attention on the urgent needs of young refugees. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In Pictures via Getty Images)

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Little Amal took her first steps in the United Kingdom today when she arrived to a warm welcome from locals on the 19th of October 2021 the seafront in Folkestone, United Kingdom. Little Amal is a 3.5 metre-tall living artwork of a young Syrian refugee child who has spent the last 3 months walking 8000 km from the boarder of Syria across Turkey, Greece, Italy, France, Switzerland, Germany, Belgium and the UK to focus attention on the urgent needs of young refugees. (photo by Andrew Aitchison / In Pictures via Getty Images)