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Steve Jobs Depicted as Syrian Refugee By Anonymous Street Artist Banksy [Photo]

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Banksy, the mysterious street artist always leaves a strong message in all his works of art. This time the anonymous street artist left a stirring message on a wall in France to bring up the current plight of many Syrian refugees.

The mysterious street artist's latest piece of art is posted on a wall in the Calais refugee camp. Local residents have come to call the place as "the Jungle." BBC reports that Banksy's latest artwork shows Steve Jobs, the founder of Apple, carrying an ancient Apple computer and a sack of his belongings. Jobs was known to be the son of a Syrian migrant.

Banksy has never revealed his true identity. The grafitti street artist said that his latest artwork was intended to show the benefits of migration. He also said that he donated several pieces of art from a recent project to the local camp for shelter.

Going back into Jobs' back story, it was found out that the Apple founder's father, Abdulfattah Jandali was a Syrian Muslim migrant. Jandali went to America in the 1950s. The man was raised in Homs and pursued his studies at the University of Beirut in Lebanon, Tech Times reports.

The website also reported that he would eventually meet Jobs' mother, Joanne Schieble, a Catholic woman of Swiss and German descent. Schieble would later get pregnant in 1954. The couple would later give up Jobs for adoption. Though it has become a known fact that Jobs' biological father was a Syrian migrant, Jobs was known to reject having a relationship with his biological parents throughout his life.

"We're often led to believe migration is a drain on the country's resources but Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian migrant." Banksy said in a rare public statement.

The camp in Calais is what 7,000 migrants, coming from Syria, Afghanistan and Eritrea call home. Just adjacent to the Steve Jobs artwork is another unrelated graffiti that reads: "Nobody deserves to live this way."

"Apple is the world's most profitable company, it pays over $7bn (£4.6bn) a year in taxes - and it only exists because they allowed in a young man from Homs." the graffiti artist added.

The Guardian reports that , the mystery artist has been shipping leftover infrastructure from Dismaland, his temporary "bemusement park" in order to help build emergency housing for the 7,000 migrants.

 Jobs in Calais. #banksy

A photo posted by Banksy (@banksyny) on Dec 11, 2015 at 3:06pm PST

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