Spokesman for Sudanese embassy in London said Al-Nazeer Abdul Gadir
has already applied for asylum, while Sadam Hussein and Osman Yahya Omar
are missing and expected to lodge their own claims soon.
Three Sudanese athletes who had been part of the country’s Olympic
training squad are expected to seek political asylum in Britain.
A spokesman for the
embassy in London
said Al-Nazeer Abdul Gadir has already applied, while Sadam Hussein and Osman
Yahya Omar are missing and expected to lodge their own claims soon.
It follows reports
that an East African athlete had entered a police station in Leeds
last week seeking asylum. All three runners had entered the country after being
granted training squad visas to Britain
Ten Sudanese
athletes – including Beijing 800m silver
medalist Ismail Ahamed Ismail
– had taken part in pre Games training camps at the University of Teesside
They were joined
by a number of other athletes to help in preparations for the games.
Embassy spokesman
Khalid Mustafa said that the men had hoped to qualify for the Olympics but had
failed to achieve the necessary times in their events.
According to the
United Nations refugee agency the UNHCR there were 25,455 asylum applications
in the UK
last year of which 790 were from Sudanese nationals.
Asylum applications peaked
in 1993 during the civil war although the conflict in Darfur
continues to destabilise the country which split in two in 2011 after the
Christian and animist south voted for independence from the Muslim north.
Bron:
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-news/london-2012-sudan-confirms-three-olympic-athletes-have-gone-missing-and-are-expected-to-seek-asylum-in-britain-7987806.html
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