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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

2016 Rio Olympic Games - Syria refugee carries Olympic flame though migrant camp in Greece


A Syrian refugee who was a sportsman before losing part of his leg in a bombing has carried the Olympic flame through an Athens refugee camp.

Ibrahim al-Hussein, who has been given asylum in Greece, bore the torch through Eleonas camp.
The 27-year-old electrician used to swim and do judo competitively in Syria.

He is among more than one million migrants to have  entered the EU, crossing to Greece by inflatable boat.

Ibrahim al-Hussein now has a prosthetic leg, works in an Athens cafe and plays wheelchair basketball

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