Tag: refugee
Refugee Olympic Team: From Dream to Reality
After Rio 2016 and Tokyo 202, the EOR (Refugee Olympic Team) returns to Paris with its 37 athletes in 12 disciplines. They did not know each other before arriving on…
The determination of the team of refugee athletes at the Olympic Games – L’Express
On the athletics field of the Île-des-Vannes sports complex, in Seine-Saint-Denis, jerseys of all colors mix together. A few days before the start of the Olympic Games, the bright yellow…
Cindy Ngamba, Cameroonian boxer and flag bearer of the Refugee Olympic Team
It’s D-Day for the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics. Among the delegations present in France is the Refugee Olympic Team, made up of 37 athletes from 15 different nationalities.…
The Refugee Olympic Team, a message of hope and solidarity
They will be the second team to parade on July 26 on the Seine, behind the Greek delegation, during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Little known…
LGBT+ people from Togo will be able to obtain refugee status in France
In France, the National Court of Asylum (CNDA) recognizes the existence in Togo of a “social group” of homosexual people, giving them the right to refugee status if they apply…
15 dead in new Israeli strike on school in Nousseirat refugee camp
For the fifth time in eight days, a school in the Gaza Strip was hit by Israeli strikes on Sunday, July 15. Israel justified its attack by saying it had…
Sissonne, land of refugee reception and election of the RN
The rural commune located in the Aisne (north) has been hosting around a hundred exiled people for six years. Like the rest of the department, it voted massively in favor…
Record amount raised at Night for the Refugee, Utrecht raises highest amount
“This side also exists in our country,” Tineke Ceelen, director of the Refugee Foundation, which organizes the run every year, told NOS. “The Netherlands has historically been tolerant, hospitable and…
Will Houten Hub refugee shelter be available? The decision will be made tonight
It eventually leads to a lawsuit against Isabella. “He goes far beyond his limits,” say the objectors. Although the mayor made the statement about “100 percent”, followed by the words…
Aziz Kawak was a refugee and is now starting a new career in Utrecht politics
About his plans, Kawak says: “I really want, just as I was heard and given a place by the Utrecht residents eight years ago, I now want to be the…