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Refugee finds a new, tiny home in Paris garden

PARIS, March 1 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Afghan refugee Sadiq has a home like no other in Paris.

It is made of wood, with a tiny kitchen and toilet, a small living area and, most unusually, is in someone else's garden.

The miniature house is in the backyard of Charlotte Boulanger and her partner Dominique - the first family to take part in a project aiming to put a roof over the head of refugees struggling to find a place to live in France.

"When I first arrived in France I lived on the street," said Sadiq, a 29-year-old from Afghanistan's western Herat province, who declined to give his full name for safety concerns.

"(It) is very good, it's a small house, very peaceful".

Read more on: http://www.thisisplace.org/i/?id=873e49a5-2d26-45d8-9126-cb1d1e9b0b50

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