The Ligue 1 giants are unhappy an altered version of their away kit, with Fly Emirates changed to 'Fly Pirates', appeared in the refugee crisis inspired 'Borders' music video

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Paris Saint-Germain have served rapper M.I.A with a cease and desist order after an altered version of their shirt appeared in a music video.M.I.A, real name Mathangi Arulpragasam and formerly of Jay Z's Roc Nation label, is a vocal supporter of refugees' rights and attacked PSG's Qatari owners in a recent video.In November's 'Borders' video, M.I.A depicts refugees journeying across Europe and is seen wearing a PSG away shirt with 'Fly Emirates' altered to spell 'Fly Pirates', prompting legal action from the club.M.I.A posted a letter from PSG, dated December 21, 2015, on her official Twitter account which questions the correlation between the club and her message of support for refugees.Qatar failed to open their borders to refugees late last year, adding to similar criticism of their human rights record amid high death tolls among construction workers ahead of the 2022 World Cup.PSG want all negative images are pulled, demanded compensation for "the harm we have suffered" and referenced a €1 million donation to charity and the UN Refugee Agency as part of the relief effort.The letter read: "We had the unpleasant surprise to find that the singer, in this video clip, appears twice wearing the official jersey of our team, bearing the very easily recognisable logo Paris Saint-Germain and our sponsor Emirates whose slogan was diverted from "Fly Emirates" to "Fly Pirates"."The singer also published a picture of her song's lyrics on her Tumblr account where she denounces, as in her video clip, the treatment and living conditions of refugees who crossed the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe."More than being surprised, we simply do not understand why we are associated through our logo and the official jersey of our team's players, to such denunciation."This association is all the more hard to understand that nothing in our activities and in our daily initiatives suggests we have anything to do with the problems highlighted by M.I.A."In light of the foregoing, we consider that the use of our brand and image in a video clip denouncing the treatment of refugees is a source of discredit for our club and distorts its public communication policy."Our high media exposure combined with the intense promotion of M.I.A.'s videoclip resulted in numerous press articles which distorted in the public's mind our image to your benefit."