COMEDIAN Shappi Khorsandi has told of the heartache of leaving her native Iran as part of a new campaign aimed at “rewriting the refugee story,” launching on International Migrants’ Day today.

Posing alongside 10 other refugees as part of the new Refugees Reframed drive, she said: “No-one chooses to be a refugee.

“I was a young child and know the aching heartache of exile as well as the practical struggles, as my parents rebuilt our lives while they were displaced and disoriented.”

It comes after high-profile names, including BBC sports presenter Gary Lineker and Succession star Brian Cox, called earlier this month for the Tories’ widely condemned Rwanda deportation scheme to be scrapped.

Madhavi Vadera, chair of the board of trustees at the charity Migrant Help, said: “As someone who sought asylum in the UK from Uganda as a child, this image is a personal testament to the strength that emerges from adversity.”