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Agency: Wieden + Kennedy PortlandDirectorThe: The Daniels As the international community descended on Rio de Janeiro for the 2016 Olympics, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) assembled a 10-strong team of refugees to give those in a state of flux a symbol of hope.
Mardini's story came to public attention in March when she was identified by the International Olympic Committee as a candidate to compete on a new team of refugees, made up of athletes who are stateless or would otherwise be excluded from the Games.
In early March, the International Olympic Committee announced that there would be a team of refugees at the Games in Rio de Janeiro this summer—five to ten athletes whose refugee status has been verified by the United Nations and who will compete under the Olympic flag.
For the first time in its history, the International Olympic Committee announced earlier this month the nations competing at the summer Games will be joined in Rio by a team of refugees, made up of athletes who would otherwise find themselves stateless and excluded.
The 2016 Olympics in Rio, which kick off in August, will host a team of refugees for the first time in Olympic history.
The team, which will be called Team of Refugee Olympics Athletes (ROA), will be put together from a pool of 43 prospective Olympians who have already been identified by the IOC and supported with funds to train.
For the first time in Olympics history, a team of refugee athletes will band together in Rio de Janeiro this August to represent the 20 million people in the world who have no one country to call home. .
The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics included, for the first time, a team composed of refugees from around the world who competed under the Olympic banner.
A team of Syrian refugees is creating Bureaucrazy to help other refugees navigate bureaucracy in Germany.
From the GBV office a team of volunteer refugees are sent into the camp to promote the channels by which women can access justice.
