--- description: Banksy put up a new image at a refugee camp in Calais of Steve Jobs, who was the son of a Syrian immigrant. title: Banksy Uses Steve Jobs Graffiti to Support Refugees image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [World](/section/world/) ## World Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Banksy Uses Steve Jobs Graffiti to Support Refugees  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 7:22 PM CUT  by [Tessa Berenson](/author/tessa-berenson/)  ## Tessa Berenson Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Dec 11, 2015 7:22 PM CUT The world’s most famous and mysterious graffiti artist just struck again, [this time at a migrant camp.](http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/2015/dec/11/banksy-uses-steve-jobs-artwork-to-highlight-refugee-crisis "undefined") Banksy put up a new image at the Calais refugee camp known as “the Jungle,” the _Guardian_ reports. The graffiti shows Apple founder Steve Jobs in his trademark turtle-neck, with a sack slung over his shoulder and a computer in the other hand. In a statement accompanying the work, Banksy explained he chose to depict Jobs this way because the Apple founder was himself the son of a Syrian immigrant. “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, according to the Guardian. “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.” > [](https://twitter.com/krishgm/status/675321066546438144) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4146155/banksy-steve-jobs-calais-refugees/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4146155/banksy-steve-jobs-calais-refugees/"},"headline":"Banksy Uses Steve Jobs Graffiti to Support Refugees","datePublished":"2015-12-11T19:22:17.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-22T13:18:48.784Z","description":"Steve Jobs was the son of a Syrian immigrant","url":"https://time.com/4146155/banksy-steve-jobs-calais-refugees/","keywords":["France","Refugees","Steve Jobs","Art","Graffiti","migrants","Banksy"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Tessa Berenson","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/tessa-berenson/"}],"articleSection":"World","image":[],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/world/","name":"World"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4146155/banksy-steve-jobs-calais-refugees/","name":"Banksy Uses Steve Jobs Graffiti to Support Refugees"}}]}] ```