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There are many war refugees and three times as many climate refugees. All of them are people who can no longer live where they were born. I hope we face reality in time to save ourselves. We will all be migrants soon.

Vivienne Westwood

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Vivienne Westwood
Age: 83
Born: 1941
Born: April 8
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