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“Football: a new pioneering activity in Brazil to foster integration” says Javier Lopez-Cifuentes, UNHCR's representative in Brazil

Ali Abu Taha has been thriving since last year becoming the first Palestinian to play for a professional football team. And it's possible that he could be soon joined by other young refugees who have also arrived in Brazil under a UNHCR-supported resettlement scheme.

The 19-year-old striker, who was born in Iraq and lived in a desert refugee camp in Jordan for months, was signed by Brazsat Football Club in the second division of the Brasilia district championship. The team now runs a programme aimed at promoting football and other sports as a local integration and protection tool for young refugees in Brazil.

To access the full version of the article, visit the UNHCR website.

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