Based off our media analysis, we discuss whether the Olympics public involvement with the global refugee crisis can be viewed as a form of celebrity humanitarianism, which rather than "helping" communities in the global South, can reproduce the same hierarchies and inequalities.Ryan Turcott...
Nathike is now famous for being a member of the athletes refugee team which made its debut at the 2016 Olympic Games where Nathike was the flagbearer of the team at the opening ceremony. When she was eight, she fled war with her family and found shelter at the remote Kakuma refugee cam...
He wrote that "the world is moved by Team Refugees. Yet, it is unmoved by refugees." He urged people cheering for the refugees at the Olympics to show the same interest and compassion for those refugees who are living in their community or country. And that's What's Trending Today. I...
Normally, an athlete represents their home country at the Olympics, but there's a notable exception this year at theRioSummer Games. Ten refugee athletes will compete under the International Olympic Committee (IOC) banner as part ofthe first-ever Refugee Olympic Team. These athletes originally com...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach today met for the first time with the team of coaches, doctors and officials who will support the Refugee Olympic Team (ROT) at this summer’s Olympic Games Rio 2016. Chef de Mission Tegla Lorou
Refugee Olympic Team player competes in men's 400m heat---Nyang James Chiengjiek of Refugee Olympic Team reacts after the men's 400m heat at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 12, 2016. (Xinhua/Zheng Huansong)
When did the IOC create the refugee team? As a result of the global refugee crisis in 2015, the International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach announced the creation of the refugee Olympic team during the United Nations General Assembly meeting. The 2016 Rio Olympics Games were the first ...
This was the beginning of everything. When I finished high school in 2015, I thought, ‘This is the end of everything’, because being in the refugee camps was hard. But the Foundation gave me motivation. And the Olympics have brought success and given me the chance to continue my educa...
The 2016 Summer Olympics is a major international multi-sport event in the tradition of the Olympic Games due to take place in Brazil on Aug. 5 to 21. "We are very inspired by the Refugee Olympic Athletes team - having had their sporting careers interrupted, these high-level refugee athlete...
Refugee delegation attend flag raising ceremony in Rio---Members of the delegation of Refugee Olympics Team to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games attend the flag-raising ceremony at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Aug. 3, 2016.