'These will not be legal tender in our household,' said King's College London Prof. Jonathan Grant about the Brexit coin.
Instead, Grant said he planned to"collect and use" the coins for donations for refugee and migration charities.
that he, personally, finds the coins"offensive as they are celebrating something I don't believe in nor can support." "Freedom of movement is something that I strongly believe in," the professor said."Supporting refugees therefore seems to me an appropriate cause...as refugees are migrants, albeit forced ones."
Anti-Brexit demonstrators protest outside Downing Street in central London on January 8, 2020. Friday, January 31, 2019 marks what has been dubbed 'Brexit day,' the day Britain leaves the European Union.Grant was not alone in opting to support immigrants and refugees with the coins, with other social media users also backing the plan.
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