Refugees: 80 sports entities, including AS Roma and AC Milan, provide support with the UNHCR and IOC

"80 entities - including National Olympic Committees, international sporting federations, national associations, clubs, and civil society organisations working through sport - are pledging to provide sporting opportunities to young refugees," as part of an appeal launched by the UNHCR (United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees) and the IOC, announced the two organisations on 10/12/2019.

According to the UNHCR, "The three pledges are:
• To promote and ensure access for all refugees, without distinction of any kind, to safe and inclusive sporting facilities.
• To increase availability and access to organized sports and sport-based initiatives for refugee and hosting communities, actively considering age, gender, ability and other diversity needs.
• To promote and facilitate equal access to and participation of refugees in sporting events and competitions at all levels."

AS Roma and AC Milan (Serie A TIM) are the only two clubs in the Top 5 European Leagues to be among the 80 sports entities that signed the initiative, the list of which was announced one week before the first…