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Representatives from UEFA, the Football Association, Premier League and Amnesty International were amongst the key speakers at a conference on how football can help to support refugees.

The event took place at the Amex Stadium, the home of Brighton & Hove Albion FC, on November 25 and was organised by the University of Brighton and supported by the British Academy for the Humanities and Social Sciences.

It was the second part of a programme entitled ‘Refugees Welcome: Football fans & community in Europe’. The first took place in Paris in June in collaboration with Football Supporters Europe, and focused on what fans and grassroots groups are doing with refugees, including setting up teams, working in camps and raising awareness. The University of Brighton are collating the findings to provide policy briefings.

Mark Doidge, Senior Research Fellow from the University of Brighton, co-ordinated the event. He said:

The main goal of this workshop was to place football centrally in the minds of policy makers addressing the needs of refugees globally.

Connect Sport TV is produced in partnership with FBB Productions, a digital agency and social enterprise affiliated to the education charity Football Beyond Borders.

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