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| Eurovision 2021: Tusse - from child refugee to Swedish pop star | |
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| A decade after being granted asylum in Sweden, 19-year-old Tousin Chiza is representing his adopted country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next week. | A decade after being granted asylum in Sweden, 19-year-old Tousin Chiza is representing his adopted country at the Eurovision Song Contest in Rotterdam next week. |
| Tousin - or Tusse, as he's known in Sweden - was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He fled to a refugee camp in Uganda aged five with his aunt, siblings and cousins, and lived there for three years until moving to Sweden aged eight. | Tousin - or Tusse, as he's known in Sweden - was born in the Democratic Republic of Congo. He fled to a refugee camp in Uganda aged five with his aunt, siblings and cousins, and lived there for three years until moving to Sweden aged eight. |
| "It's a huge honour for me," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "It's like the biggest thank you I can give." | "It's a huge honour for me," he tells Radio 1 Newsbeat. "It's like the biggest thank you I can give." |
| Producer: Méabh Ritchie | Producer: Méabh Ritchie |
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