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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Charlie Atkin

'Refugee Cup' kicks off in Berlin

Humboldt university organised the tournament between refugees and a local club. ()

The ‘Refugee Cup’ has kicked off in Berlin, as Humboldt university hosted a match between refugees and a local African community football club.

Watch the inaugural match here.

Football is the latest project this, the second largest university in Berlin, has undertaken to help refugees, already offering classes to asylum seekers free of charge.

Osama Rachid, from Mosul, who took part said: “It’s extraordinary. We don’t get those events every day, also in my country.”

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