Refugees will be invited to participate at the 2016 Olympic games for the first time, under the Olympic flag. Good. http://gu.com/p/4fbfd/stw
@agtgibson I wonder what the bars would have been on them representing their country of residence? There have been stateless entrants before
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@agtgibson I see http://www.unhcr.org/cgi-bin/texis/vtx/refdaily?pass=52fc6fbd5&id=501f59ff5 … , so the article definitely isn't a first -
@increpare I see that too. I think what's 'news' is that they're going to be systematic about it. Indian thing was a dodge, and they ended>
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@agtgibson (eg, indians in the last winter olympics, because india was banned)Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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