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Why the first Olympic refugee team may not be the last

  • Written by María Cristina García, Howard A. Newman Professor of American Studies, Department of History and Latino Studies Program, Cornell University

Ten refugee athletes will march into the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on Friday, August 5, 2016. Unlike the other athletes there, they will not represent the countries of their birth, heritage or citizenship. These athletes will comprise the first-ever Olympic refugee team, and they will march under the Olympic flag.

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