In a supermarket in Canterbury, Kent, nine teenagers look bemused as they study the magazine racks. One picks up a magazine with a picture of a woman tying herself into a knot. "What she is doing?" he giggles. It is a yoga title. The young people are all unaccompanied asylum seekers originally from a variety of countries including Eritrea, Albania and Afghanistan.
The supermarket visit is part of a lesson to help familiarise the group with British culture, encompassing basic English language with life skills. Today's class began with studying the newspapers, which led to discussions about the Royal family and house prices, then onto hobbies and an opportunity to buy publications on their interests.
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