One of the saddest thing I have seen recently is Refugee Olympic Team attending Olympic games 2020, Tokyo.
With over 82 million displaced people worldwide, we are living in the worst refugee crisis since the Second World War.
This is the second time the refugee team will be competing. The first time was at the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in 2016. The team has almost tripled in size since 2016, from 10 to 29 members, and comprises athletes from 11 countries living and training in 13 host countries. This is also the first year that there is a Refugee Paralympic Team.
In 2015, 65 million people had been displaced from their homes as a result of conflict or natural disaster. In that year, more than one million refugees entered Europe after fleeing wars in the Middle East, Africa and Central Asia.
The full Tokyo 2020 Refugee Olympic Team:
Abdullah Sediqi, from Afghanistan, now living in Belgium – Taekwondo
Ahmad Alikaj, from Syria, now living in Germany – Judo
Ahmad Badreddin Wais, from Syria, now living in Switzerland – Cycling
Aker Al Obaidi, from Iraq, now living in Austria – Wrestling
Alaa Maso, from Syria, now living in Germany – Swimming
Anjelina Nadai Lohalith, from South Sudan, now living in Kenya – Athletics
Aram Mahmoud, from Syria, now living in the Netherlands – Badminton
Cyrille Fagat Tchatchet II, from Cameroon, now living in the UK – Weightlifting
Dina Pouryounes Langeroudi, from Iran, now living in the Netherlands – Taekwondo
Dorian Keletela, from Congo, now living in Portugal – Athletics
Eldric Sella Rodriguez, from Venezuela, now living in Trinidad and Tobago – Boxing
Hamoon Derafshipour, from Iran, now living in Canada – Karate
Jamal Abdelmaji Eisa Mohammed, from Sudan, now living in Israel – Athletics
James Nyang Chiengjiek, from South Sudan, now living in Kenya – Athletics
Javad Mahjoub, from Iran, now living in Canada – Judo
Kimia Alizadeh, from Iran, now living in Germany – Taekwondo
Luna Solomon, from Eritrea, now living in Switzerland – Shooting
Masomah Ali Zada, from Afghanistan, now living in France – Cycling
Muna Dahouk, from Syria, now living in the Netherlands – Judo
Nigara Shaheen, from Afghanistan, now living in Russia – Judo
Paulo Amotun Lokoro, from South Sudan, now living in Kenya – Athletics
Popole Misenga, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, now living in Brazil – Judo
Rose Nathike Likonyen, from South Sudan, now living in Kenya – Athletics
Saeid Fazloula, from Iran, now living in Germany – Canoe
Sanda Aldass, from Syria, now living in the Netherlands – Judo
Tachlowini Gabriyesos, from Eritrea, now living in Israel – Athletics
Wael Shueb, from Syria, living in Germany – Karate
Wessam Salamana, from Syria, living in Germany – Boxing
Yusra Mardini, from Syria, now living in Germany – Swimming
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