Athlete Sir Mo Farah trafficked to UK as a child
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Started this in "Sports" thread, but is more news than a sports story.....!
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62123886
(Mod may want to remove it from "Sports"?)
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62123886
Unfortunately since we do barely any checks in schools, I’m not surprised. You take students on and don’t have any recourse to check parents bona fides. Maybe it’s still better the child is in school than not, but this illustrates a problem with our unwillingness for checks, and holding people to account.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190780/M...
He has forged a successful career amid the chaos and poverty of wartorn Somalia, but Hassan Farah cannot help wonder what might have been.
Hassan watched the television coverage with pride as identical twin brother Mo became a legend by scooping two Team GB golds on the running track at London 2012.
His sensational victories in the 5,000m and 10,000m – and trademark 'Mo-bot' celebration – have put Farah on course to earn millions of pounds in lucrative sponsorship deals.
Mo Farah was sent to England with his two older brothers to live with their father, while Hassan stayed behind
Hassan – who was also a gifted runner – was separated from Mo as an eight-year-old and is left to wonder what he could have achieved in athletics if he hadn't been forced to stay behind in the lawless East African country.
The 29-year-old twins were separated in 1991 when their parents made the agonising decision for Mo to join his father as an asylum seeker in Britain.
Despite the grinding poverty Hassan has become a successful telecommunications engineer with a wife and five children, and a comfortable home.
He has forged a successful career amid the chaos and poverty of wartorn Somalia, but Hassan Farah cannot help wonder what might have been.
Hassan watched the television coverage with pride as identical twin brother Mo became a legend by scooping two Team GB golds on the running track at London 2012.
His sensational victories in the 5,000m and 10,000m – and trademark 'Mo-bot' celebration – have put Farah on course to earn millions of pounds in lucrative sponsorship deals.
Mo Farah was sent to England with his two older brothers to live with their father, while Hassan stayed behind
Hassan – who was also a gifted runner – was separated from Mo as an eight-year-old and is left to wonder what he could have achieved in athletics if he hadn't been forced to stay behind in the lawless East African country.
The 29-year-old twins were separated in 1991 when their parents made the agonising decision for Mo to join his father as an asylum seeker in Britain.
Despite the grinding poverty Hassan has become a successful telecommunications engineer with a wife and five children, and a comfortable home.
https://man.vogue.me/lifestyle/sir-mo-farah-reunit...
Farah was a cheeky, happy-go-lucky child – remarkable, given that in moving to London from Djibouti, he was separated from his twin. Farah, his mother, and his two younger brothers went to join his father, who was working in the UK, but Hassan fell ill and stayed behind with relatives. When Farah’s father returned to Djibouti to retrieve him, his son had disappeared – the family he was living with had moved and couldn’t be traced. After two weeks of searching, Farah’s dad was forced to return to London without his son.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62123886
But in a documentary by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, seen by BBC News and airing on Wednesday, he says his parents have never been to the UK - his mother and two brothers live on their family farm in the breakaway state of Somaliland.
His father, Abdi, was killed by stray gunfire when Sir Mo was four years old, in civil violence in Somalia. Somaliland declared independence in 1991 but is not internationally recognised.
Sir Mo says he was about eight or nine years old when he was taken from home to stay with family in Djibouti. He was then flown over to the UK by a woman he had never met and wasn't related to.
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Farah was a cheeky, happy-go-lucky child – remarkable, given that in moving to London from Djibouti, he was separated from his twin. Farah, his mother, and his two younger brothers went to join his father, who was working in the UK, but Hassan fell ill and stayed behind with relatives. When Farah’s father returned to Djibouti to retrieve him, his son had disappeared – the family he was living with had moved and couldn’t be traced. After two weeks of searching, Farah’s dad was forced to return to London without his son.
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https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-62123886
But in a documentary by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, seen by BBC News and airing on Wednesday, he says his parents have never been to the UK - his mother and two brothers live on their family farm in the breakaway state of Somaliland.
His father, Abdi, was killed by stray gunfire when Sir Mo was four years old, in civil violence in Somalia. Somaliland declared independence in 1991 but is not internationally recognised.
Sir Mo says he was about eight or nine years old when he was taken from home to stay with family in Djibouti. He was then flown over to the UK by a woman he had never met and wasn't related to.
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I'm confused.com
ker!There's some obvious unexplained parts of the BBC story mentioned in this article:
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/0...
His mother said she sent him to the city to live with his uncle due to their poverty, and he admits that some of the family were likely involved in the trafficking.
https://www.expressandstar.com/news/uk-news/2022/0...
His mother said she sent him to the city to live with his uncle due to their poverty, and he admits that some of the family were likely involved in the trafficking.
rover 623gsi said:
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2190780/M...
He has forged a successful career amid the chaos and poverty of wartorn Somalia, but Hassan Farah cannot help wonder what might have been.
Hassan watched the television coverage with pride as identical twin brother Mo became a legend by scooping two Team GB golds on the running track at London 2012.
His sensational victories in the 5,000m and 10,000m – and trademark 'Mo-bot' celebration – have put Farah on course to earn millions of pounds in lucrative sponsorship deals.
Mo Farah was sent to England with his two older brothers to live with their father, while Hassan stayed behind
Hassan – who was also a gifted runner – was separated from Mo as an eight-year-old and is left to wonder what he could have achieved in athletics if he hadn't been forced to stay behind in the lawless East African country.
The 29-year-old twins were separated in 1991 when their parents made the agonising decision for Mo to join his father as an asylum seeker in Britain.
Despite the grinding poverty Hassan has become a successful telecommunications engineer with a wife and five children, and a comfortable home.
From the sounds of it he has had a highly abusive. Hold good in the Uk basically as a servant. So that part of his story/life is certainly not great. He has forged a successful career amid the chaos and poverty of wartorn Somalia, but Hassan Farah cannot help wonder what might have been.
Hassan watched the television coverage with pride as identical twin brother Mo became a legend by scooping two Team GB golds on the running track at London 2012.
His sensational victories in the 5,000m and 10,000m – and trademark 'Mo-bot' celebration – have put Farah on course to earn millions of pounds in lucrative sponsorship deals.
Mo Farah was sent to England with his two older brothers to live with their father, while Hassan stayed behind
Hassan – who was also a gifted runner – was separated from Mo as an eight-year-old and is left to wonder what he could have achieved in athletics if he hadn't been forced to stay behind in the lawless East African country.
The 29-year-old twins were separated in 1991 when their parents made the agonising decision for Mo to join his father as an asylum seeker in Britain.
Despite the grinding poverty Hassan has become a successful telecommunications engineer with a wife and five children, and a comfortable home.
Also it’s now a real possibility he loses his British citizenship as he isn’t Mohammad Farah / am sure they will come to a solution but he was successful in UK citizenship in 2000 year.
Aren't we led to believe the main objection to asylum seekers from places like Somalia is the economic and social effect on British society and our economy?
In which case Sir Mo Farah plainly contradicts that viewpoint with overwhelming evidence.
Try telling the 100,000 people in that stadium on an early August Saturday night in 2012, and the millions watching at home, that he hasn't been of benefit to British society.
In which case Sir Mo Farah plainly contradicts that viewpoint with overwhelming evidence.
Try telling the 100,000 people in that stadium on an early August Saturday night in 2012, and the millions watching at home, that he hasn't been of benefit to British society.
F1GTRUeno said:
Send him to Rwanda
May be in jest but this case could be a landmark moment. If he DOESN'T get listed for deportation, then why should anybody else in a similar situation?I think he is a great asset to the country so am not advocating that he should be deported, but if he isn't, then what criteria do they apply to others.
Eric Mc said:
F1GTRUeno said:
Send him to Rwanda
May be in jest but this case could be a landmark moment. If he DOESN'T get listed for deportation, then why should anybody else in a similar situation?I think he is a great asset to the country so am not advocating that he should be deported, but if he isn't, then what criteria do they apply to others.
Putting aside the ethical and moral objections to child trafficking, what does this mean for his sporting achievements? Do they become invalid as he was not competing under his true identity and/nationality? Would it be viewed the same as someone who had lied about their nationality to gain access to a team with a better chance/training or opportunity?
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