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Olympics & Refugees 2016 Summer The UN Refugee Agency(UNHCR) is mandated to protect refugees and to seek durable solutions. Vol. 21 #TeamRefugees Olympics & Refugees Mobile Scan UNHCR International ─ ① Rio Olympics and Refugees 03 Rio Olympics and Refugees, Team Refugees ─ Full of Hope UNHCR United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees ( ) Yusra Mardini The laurel wreath symbolizes UNHCR’s mandate given by the United Nations General Assembly This coming August 5, the 31st Olympic Games will be held in Brazil’s harbor city, Rio de Janeiro. What makes the Born in: Syria The person symbolizes persons of concern to UNHCR 2016 Summer Olympics unique are the people who will be Fled to: Germany competing in the Games. Sport: Swimming, 200-metre freestyle Sheltering hands symbolizes UNHCR’s commitment and efforts to protect refugees and persons of concern. Contents Cover Story “I got separated from my family UNHCR International ① Rio Olympics and Refugees 03 and used to cry a lot. ② Latin America and Refugees 07 I started with judo to have a better life. ③ Emergency Response 08 Judo never gave me money, but it gave me a strong heart.” Interview With You ─ Yolande Mabika, Judoka, Interview with UNHCR Yolande Mabika Refugee Olympic Athletes Team Korea’s New Representative 10 Born in: Democratic Republic of Congo Fled to: Brazil Sport: Judo UNHCR Korea ① UNHCR Korea Outreach + Fundraising Activities 12 Paulo Amotun Lokoro ② Reuters Photo Exhibition 14 For the first time, Team Refugee Olympic Athletes will Born in: South Sudan compete at the Rio Olympics just like other national Fled to: Kenya teams participating in the Olympic Games. We are Refugee Protection Campaign looking forward to seeing Team Refugees: two Syrian Sport: 1,500-metre running swimmers, two judokas from the Democratic Republic We Stand Together with Refugees + of the Congo, a marathoner from Ethiopia and five “Before I came here, Donor Form 15 middle-distance runners from South Sudan. © UNHCR I did not even have training shoes.” ─ Paulo, Athlete, With UNHCR Publisher Naveed Hussain Refugee Olympic Athletes Team Date of Issue July 2016 Rio Olympics Crossword 16 Distribution Private Sector Fundraising(PSFR) Team, UNHCR Korea Design Slowalk UNHCR International- ①Rio Olympics and Refugees 04 2016 UNHCR Korea Newsletter With You ─ Summer 05 “I want to represent “I will just work hard and prove myself. all the refugees Maybe if I succeed I can come back and because I want to show conduct a race that can promote peace, everyone that, after the pain, and bring people together.” after the storm, comes calm days.” ─ Rose, Athlete, Refugee Olympic Athletes Team ─ Yusra, Swimmer, Rose Nathike Lokonyen Yusra Mardini Refugee Olympic Athletes Team Born in: South Sudan Born in: Syria Fled to: Kenya Fled to: Germany Sport: 800-metre running Sport: Swimming, 200-metre freestyle Yusra’s Story Nine months ago when situation turned for worse back in Syria, Upon arriving at Lesvos, the sisters set off on their journey Yusra and her sister Sarah crammed with other 20 people on a to Germany where they hoped to rebuild their lives and were “It’s impossible for me to live there… flimsy vessel. When they just reached the open water, their hope guaranteed asylum there. Today, Yusra is striving to reach her It’s very dangerous for my life. for better future seemed to vanish when the engine died and the dreams at the pool in Berlin’s Olympic Stadium. inflatable dinghy began taking on water. However, Yusra and Sarah, When I heard about the refugee team, “I think after the war stops I will go back with experiences, with who were trained swimmers, slipped into the cold sea and started I trained two times per day, every day. everything, and I will teach everyone what I had here in Germany.” to kick the dark water behind them, pushing the boat. Although It’s a big motivation.” they were frozen and exhausted, they took strength from their Yusra is one among many refugees who had to flee their homes determination to not let anyone die. Two other passengers joined because of war. However, today she is a heroine who has saved ─ Yonas, Marathoner, them in the water to help. Miraculously, the disabled boat was people’s lives from danger and is holding firm onto strands of Refugee Olympic Athletes Team Yonas Kinde washed up on the Greek island of Lesvos. hope in the face of difficulties. Her country’s future may be bleak, but Yusra continues to train for her day at the Olympics. Born in: Ethiopia Fled to: Luxembourg Sport: Marathon Rami Anis Born in: Syria “By carrying the Olympic Torch, Fled to: Belgium people from all over the world will know Sport: Swimming, “The bag I took had two jackets, that refugees are real people, 100-metre butterfly two t-shirts, two trousers ─ and that we can do positive things.” It was a small bag. I thought I would be in Turkey for a couple of ─ Hanan, Syrian refugee, Olympic torch-bearer months and then return to my country.” “I dreamed of competing ─ Rami, Swimmer, in the Olympics Games and today I am here Refugee Olympic Athletes Team Hanan Dacka and I will carry the Olympic flame.” Born in: Syria Fled to: Brazil ─ Ibrahim, Syrian refugee, Olympic torch-bearer Age: 12 UNHCR International ─ ① Rio Olympics and Refugees 06 2016 UNHCR Korea Newsletter With You ─ Summer ② Latin America and Refugees 0507 #TeamRefugees #TeamRefugees “Their participation in the Olympics is Rio Olympics and Refugees, a tribute to the courage and perseverance of Rio Olympics and all refugees in overcoming adversity The Leap of Hope and building a better future Latin America for themselves and their families. There are refugees living in Latin America, including Brazil UNHCR stands with them where the Rio Olympics will be held. UNHCR is protecting and assisting many persons of concern(PoC) including and with all refugees.” internally displaced persons(IDPs) throughout Latin America. ─ Filippo Grandi, Mexico Cuba Dominican UN High Commissioner for Refugees Republic Guatemala Honduras THE CARIBBEAN SEA Nicaragua Costa Rica Panama Venezuela Guiana French Guiana Suriname Colombia Ecuador THE SOUTH PACIFIC Peru Brazil Bolivia Chile Paraguay UNHCR Regional Headquarters UNHCR Representation Offices Argentina Uruguay UNHCR Field Offices Team Refugee Olympic Athletes The Olympic Torch, Flame of Hope Latin America and Refugee For the first time, Team Refugee Olympic Athletes(ROA) will The second factor that makes the Olympics this year unique “This will be a symbol of hope for Population Over 600 million compete at the upcoming Olympic Games just like other 1,100 is the refugees who are participating in the torch relay. The participating athletes. ROA was created by the International all the refugees in our world, Rio Flame was lit on April 21 in Olympia, Greece. It will Number of UNHCR’s Olympics Committee(IOC) to bring attention to the worldwide reach the Maracana Stadium on 5 August on the day of the About 7 million and will make the world better aware of Persons of Concern refugee crisis. On June 3, 2016, IOC announced the selection of opening ceremony after the 95-day journey to the Olympic the magnitude of this crisis.” Major Refugee- 10 refugees who will be part of Team Refugee Olympic Athletes to cauldron. About 12,000 people will be participating in the Colombia, about 6.5 million compete in the upcoming Olympics in August. The team includes relay, and so far, two refugees have carried the Olympic Producing Country two Syrian swimmers, two judokas from the Democratic Republic ─ Thomas Bach, IOC President torch. Among them are Ibrahim, a swimmer who lost one of Major Reasons ─ Conflict between the of the Congo, a marathoner from Ethiopia and five middle- his legs during the war in Syria, and Hanan, a twelve-year-old Why Refugees Flee government and armed forces distance runners from South Sudan. At the opening ceremony the Syrian girl. Their Country ─ Trans-national organized team will march right behind the Olympic flag before host team Please send warm cheers for the ten members of Team crime, drug smuggling and Brazil. Refugee Olympics Athletes and the refugees who bore the trafficking Olympic torch! ─ Natural disasters UNHCR International ─ ③ Emergency Response 08 2016 UNHCR Korea Newsletter With You ─ Summer 09 2015 Emergency Response Emergency Response for Ecuador Earthquake The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees(UNHCR) is a specialized UN agency that has an emergency response system In 2016, UNHCR continues to respond quickly to emergencies. capable of providing protection and assistance for up to 600,000 people within 72 hours. Thanks to your support, UNHCR was able to More than Last April, a massive earthquake in Ecuador killed and injured provide protection and assistance to millions of refugees around the world in 2015. From providing emergency relief in Nepal to helping 20,000 PoCs, including many. The quake hit the Northern Muisne area, where a lot of four million Syrian refugees fleeing from the war, your support made all of UNHCR’s emergency operations possible. 6,000 refugees refugees and UNHCR’s PoCs live. Furthermore, Ecuador is the biggest refugee-hosting country in Latin America and is a home to Esmeraldas 200,000 Colombian refugees. 1 PoCs: Persons of Concerns 2 Santo Domingo ❶ Syria and its neighboring countries ❷ Nepal IDPs: Internally Displaced Persons Over 6,000 PoCs, ─ The biggest humanitarian and refugee crisis of ─ The worst earthquake to hit Nepal in the last including 2,000 our time 80 years refugees Manabi Ecuador ─ PoCs1: Over 4.3 million registered refugees. ─ Over 200,000 houses were destroyed and A large number of In 2015 alone, over 1.6 million refugees were over 2.8 million people were displaced Guayaquill PoCs, newly registered.
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