Mo Farah

Olympian hailed as inspirational figure after revealing he was trafficked and forced into domestic servitude.

But he was still the cheeky chap. He knocked on the commentator’s door, and I opened the door and he said: ‘Don’t you want to interview me?’, and I said: ‘Well, you only finished 17th, and we don’t normally interview the guy who’s finished 17th.’” “I’ve known him for more than 20 years, since he was a young kid.

Dans un documentaire diffusé mercredi prochain sur la BBC, la star de l'athlétisme Mo Farah révèle être arrivé illégalement sur le territoire britannique à ...

"Souvent, je m'enfermais dans la salle de bains et je pleurais", confie-t-il. Un jour, il a fini par révéler la vérité à son professeur d'éducation physique, Alan Watkinson, qui avait remarqué ses changements d'humeur dès qu'il se trouvait sur la piste. "La vérité, c'est que je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez. Le champion olympique explique que ce sont ses enfants qui l'ont incité à dévoiler la vérité sur son passé. "Je l'ai gardé pendant si longtemps, c'était difficile parce que vous ne voulez pas y faire face et souvent mes enfants posaient des questions (...). Et vous avez toujours une réponse pour tout, mais vous n'avez pas de réponse pour ça". "Le seul langage qu'il semblait comprendre était celui de l'éducation physique et du sport", témoigne Alan Watkinson. "La seule chose que je pouvais faire pour m'éloigner de cette (situation) était de sortir et de courir", raconte Farah. À son arrivée dans le pays, la femme qui l'accompagnait s'est emparée du papier sur lequel figuraient les coordonnées de ses proches, l'a "déchiré et mis à la poubelle", a relaté Farah. "À ce moment-là, j'ai su que j'avais un problème".

Mo Farah est arrivé illégalement au Royaume-Uni sous une fausse identité avant d'être forcé de travailler comme domestique dans une famille.

Il a fini par révéler la vérité à son professeur d’éducation physique, Alan Watkinson, qui avait remarqué ses changements d’humeur dès qu’il se trouvait sur la piste. Sa mère et deux frères vivent dans la région séparatiste du Somaliland, non reconnue par la communauté internationale. «La vérité, c’est que je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez. À son arrivée dans le pays, la femme qui l’accompagnait s’est emparée du papier sur lequel figuraient les coordonnées de ses proches, l’a «déchiré et mis à la poubelle», relate Farah. «À ce moment-là, j’ai su que j’avais un problème». «La véritable histoire est que je suis né au Somaliland, au nord de la Somalie, sous le nom de Hussein Abdi Kahin. Malgré ce que j’ai dit par le passé, mes parents n’ont jamais vécu au Royaume-Uni», poursuit Farah. La plupart des gens me connaissent sous le nom de Mo Farah, mais ce n’est pas la réalité. J’ai été séparé de ma mère, et j’ai été amené au Royaume-Uni illégalement sous le nom d’un autre enfant appelé Mohamed Farah», explique le quadruple champion olympique dans un entretien qui sera diffusé mercredi sur la BBC.

Mo Farah, roi des pistes d'athlétisme anobli par la reine d'Angleterre pour ses exploits olympiques, révèle dans un documentaire être arrivé illégalement au ...

Il a fini par révéler la vérité à son professeur d’éducation physique, Alan Watkinson, qui avait remarqué ses changements d’humeur dès qu’il se trouvait sur la piste. Sa mère et deux frères vivent dans la région séparatiste du Somaliland, non reconnue par la communauté internationale. « La vérité, c’est que je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez. Sextuple champion du monde, il est devenu une immense star au Royaume-Uni en réalisant son doublé aux Jeux de Londres en 2012, puis en le réitérant quatre ans plus tard à Rio. Il s’est ensuite reconverti sur la route, mais avec moins de succès, malgré un succès au célèbre marathon de Chicago en 2018. Il avait jusque-là expliqué être né à Mogadiscio, capitale de la Somalie, et être arrivé en Grande-Bretagne en 1993 à l’âge de 10 ans avec sa mère et deux de ses frères et sœurs pour rejoindre son père informaticien. « La véritable histoire est que je suis né au Somaliland, au nord de la Somalie, sous le nom de Hussein Abdi Kahin. Malgré ce que j’ai dit par le passé, mes parents n’ont jamais vécu au Royaume-Uni », poursuit Farah.

LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child.

“When I was four my dad was killed in the civil war, you know as a family we were torn apart. Mo Farah says he was taken to UK using another child's name Back to video Mo Farah says he was taken to UK using another child's name

OLYMPIC ATHLETE Mo Farah has revealed that he was smuggled into the United Kingdom as a child, and that his real name is actually Hussein Abdi Kahin.

"Right in front of me, she ripped it up and put it in the bin. "I'd never been on a plane before," he says. He was then flown over to the UK by a woman he had never met and wasn't related to.

Olympic great Mo Farah was illegally trafficked as a child to Britain from Djibouti and forced to work as a servant, he has revealed, saying his real name.

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Mo Farah, quadruple champion olympique d'athlétisme, a révélé dans un documentaire être arrivé illégalement en Grande-Bretagne sous une fausse identité ...

« La vérité, c’est que je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez. « C’est la raison principale pour laquelle je raconte mon histoire, parce que je veux me sentir normal et ne pas avoir l’impression de m’accrocher à quelque chose », a-t-il déclaré. « Je l’ai gardé pendant si longtemps, c’était difficile parce que vous ne voulez pas y faire face, et souvent, mes enfants posaient des questions […]. Et vous avez toujours une réponse pour tout, mais vous n’avez pas de réponse pour ça. »

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In his autobiography, he wrote: “I got off the aircraft and looked around. He said: “I feel like something’s been lifted off my shoulders. I don’t know how everyone’s gonna see it.” Sir Mo also gained a step daughter named Rihanna from the relationship. He ended up staying with them for seven years. If you say anything, they will take you away”. After his athletic talents were recognised by philanthropist Eddie Kulukundis, Sir Mo had his legal fees paid for to complete his naturalisation as a British citizen that allowed him to travel to competitions without issues. In July 2000, he was granted British citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah. But as far as I knew, Hassan falling ill was a temporary hitch. That same year, Sir Mo began training at St Mary’s University in Twickenham. Sir Mo was then later brought to the UK when he was nine with a woman he didn’t know, with the understanding that he was going to stay with a relative. Some of his accolades include:

Mo Farah, roi des pistes anobli par la reine d'Angleterre pour ses exploits olympiques, révèle dans un documentaire être arrivé illégalement en ...

"Si tu veux revoir ta famille un jour, ne dis rien", s'est-il entendu dire. "La vérité, c'est que je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez. Farah (39 ans) raconte avoir reçu le nom de Mohamed Farah d'une femme qui l'avait fait venir au Royaume-Uni - lui affirmant qu'il y rejoindrait des proches - depuis Djibouti, pays d'Afrique orientale, à 9 ans.

London — British Olympic track star Mo Farah has told the BBC that he was trafficked from the east African nation of Djibouti to the U.K. when he was nine ...

Farah tells the BBC that when he was eight or nine, he was taken to Djibouti to stay with family members. Watkinson helped him apply for British citizenship under the name Mohamed Farah, and he got it in 2000. After a few years the woman allowed Farah to go to school. Previously, Farah had said he came to the U.K. as a refugee from Somalia with both of his parents. That's when Mo came out — the real Mo." "And she said: 'If you ever want to see your family again, don't say anything.

London (AP) -- Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he ...

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child.

He decided to tell his story to publicize and challenge people’s perceptions of human trafficking, he said. The teacher contacted local officials, who arranged for a Somali family to take him in as a foster child. Farah says his fortunes changed when he was finally allowed to attend school. “I wasn’t treated as part of the family…,” Farah says in the documentary. The woman took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children, Farah said. His mother and two brothers live on the family farm in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that is not internationally recognized.

The four-time Olympic champion has revealed that he was brought into the UK illegally under the name of another child.

If you say anything, they will take you away’. In the documentary, a barrister tells Farah that, although he was trafficked into the country as a small child and he told the relevant authorities the truth, there is still a “real risk” his British nationality could be taken away as it was obtained by misrepresentations. He said: “I had all the contact details for my relative and once we got to her house, the lady took it off me and right in front of me ripped them up and put it in the bin and at that moment I knew I was in trouble.” The athlete travelled back to his childhood home in Hounslow recalling “not great memories” where he was not treated as part of the family. Farah’s wife Tania said in the year leading up to their 2010 wedding she realised “there was lots of missing pieces to his story” but she eventually “wore him down with the questioning” and he told the truth. “I was separated from my mother, and I was brought into the UK illegally under the name of another child called Mohamed Farah.”

LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah has disclosed he was brought into Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child.

“When I was four my dad was killed in the civil war, you know as a family we were torn apart. “I had all the contact details for my relative and once we got to her house, the lady took it off me and right in front of me ripped them up and put it in the bin and at that moment I knew I was in trouble,“ he said. “The real story is I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahin,“ he told the BBC. ”Despite what I’ve said in the past, my parents never lived in the U.K.

"Most people know me as Mo Farah, but it's not my name — or, it's not the reality," Olympic gold medalist Mo Farah said, in a clip from an upcoming ...

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LONDON (AP) - Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and...

The woman took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children, Farah said. In a new documentary, Farah says his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and that he was from taken from the East African nation of Djibouti. The film that tells the story of his being trafficked, was produced by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, and the BBC is scheduled to broadcast it Wednesday. LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he escaped a life of servitude through running.

LONDRES — Le quadruple champion olympique Mo Farah affirme qu'il a été illégalement amené au Royaume-Uni alors qu'il était jeune garçon et forcé de ...

Il a été anobli par la reine Elizabeth II en 2017. Sa mère et ses deux frères vivent dans la ferme familiale du Somaliland, une région sécessionniste de la Somalie qui n’est pas internationalement reconnue. L’enseignant a contacté les responsables locaux, qui ont pris des dispositions pour qu’une famille somalienne l’accueille en tant qu’enfant adoptif. Nous devons construire un avenir où ces événements tragiques ne se reproduiront jamais.» «Je n’étais pas traité comme faisant partie de la famille…, relate Farah dans le documentaire. Farah, qui a représenté la Grande-Bretagne à trois Jeux olympiques, a remporté des médailles d’or dans les courses de 5000 et 10 000 mètres aux Jeux olympiques de Londres en 2012 et aux Jeux de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro.

In a groundbreaking interview with the BBC, Farah reveals he was brought to the U.K. illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant.

Farah says that running was a lifeline for him, as it was the only thing he could do to get him away from his living situation. The woman told him his new name was Mohamed Farah and ripped up his documents. “I could run.” “For years I just kept blocking it out,” Farah said. The four-time Olympic champion and greatest British distance runner in history, Mo Farah, revealed in a BBC interview that will air as part of a documentary Wednesday evening, that he was brought to the U.K. illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant when he was nine. In a groundbreaking interview with the BBC, Farah reveals he was brought to the U.K. illegally as a child and forced to work as a domestic servantPhoto by: British Athletics

LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children befor...

He decided to tell his story to publicize and challenge people’s perceptions of human trafficking, he said. The teacher contacted local officials, who arranged for a Somali family to take him in as a foster child. Farah says his fortunes changed when he was finally allowed to attend school. “I wasn’t treated as part of the family…,” Farah says in the documentary. The woman took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children, Farah said. His mother and two brothers live on the family farm in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that is not internationally recognized.

Farah, an accomplished distance runner, made the revelation in an upcoming documentary, saying it could put his citizenship at risk.

He was placed in the care of a friend’s mother. He successfully repeated as champion in both races four years later at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, winning gold despite a dramatic fall halfway through the 10,000. In the documentary, Farah said he was separated from family after his father was killed during Somalia’s civil war. “And she said, ‘If you ever want to see your family again, don’t say anything. The lawyer, Alan Briddock, said that Farah was not likely to lose his citizenship because he was trafficked as a child and shared his story with the relevant authorities. He said he was putting his citizenship at risk by sharing his story, and spoke to a lawyer in the film about what the disclosure could mean for his future.

The Olympian is widely praised for going public with his experiences of being trafficked into the UK.

He said it was "amazing" that the Olympian had emerged from his childhood experiences with a "light-hearted personality" and "steely determination". "I thought I knew the Mo Farah story and I thought I knew Mo Farah really well," Sir Brendan told the BBC. He described his story as a "Hollywood movie", adding that it was an "amazing, successful story of someone overcoming adversity." Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi said he "salutes" Sir Mo Farah, describing the Olympic star as "truly inspirational" and an "amazing human". Fellow Olympian Sir Brendan Foster said his story was like a "Hollywood movie". Sir Mo Farah is an "inspiration to people across the country" after disclosing that he was trafficked into the UK as a child, No 10 has said.

L'athlète, auteur du doublé 5 000 m/10 000 m aux Jeux olympiques de Londres en 2012 puis de Rio en 2016, dévoile qu'il se nomme en réalité Hussein Abdi Kahin.

Il a fini par révéler la vérité à son professeur d’éducation physique, Alan Watkinson, qui avait remarqué ses changements d’humeur dès qu’il se trouvait sur la piste. Sa mère et deux frères vivent dans la région séparatiste du Somaliland, non reconnue par la communauté internationale. «La vérité, c’est que je ne suis pas celui que vous croyez. À son arrivée dans le pays, la femme qui l’accompagnait s’est emparée du papier sur lequel figuraient les coordonnées de ses proches, l’a «déchiré et mis à la poubelle», relate Farah. «À ce moment-là, j’ai su que j’avais un problème». «La véritable histoire est que je suis né au Somaliland, au nord de la Somalie, sous le nom de Hussein Abdi Kahin. Malgré ce que j’ai dit par le passé, mes parents n’ont jamais vécu au Royaume-Uni», poursuit Farah. La plupart des gens me connaissent sous le nom de Mo Farah, mais ce n’est pas la réalité. J’ai été séparé de ma mère, et j’ai été amené au Royaume-Uni illégalement sous le nom d’un autre enfant appelé Mohamed Farah», explique le quadruple champion olympique dans un entretien qui sera diffusé mercredi sur la BBC.

LONDON (AP) - Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and...

The woman took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children, Farah said. In a new documentary, Farah says his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and that he was from taken from the East African nation of Djibouti. The film that tells the story of his being trafficked, was produced by the BBC and Red Bull Studios, and the BBC is scheduled to broadcast it Wednesday. LONDON (AP) — Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah says he was illegally brought to the U.K. as a young boy and forced to care for other children before he escaped a life of servitude through running.

Le quadruple champion olympique affirme qu'il a été illégalement amené au Royaume-Uni alors qu'il était jeune garçon et forcé de s'occuper d'autres enfants.

« Tout ce que Sir Mo a traversé prouve qu'il n'est pas seulement l'un de nos plus grands Olympiens, mais un très grand Britannique, a déclaré Khan sur Twitter. Mo Farah, merci d'avoir partagé votre histoire et d'avoir braqué les projecteurs sur ces crimes horribles. Il a été anobli par la reine Elizabeth II en 2017. « Je n'avais aucune idée qu'il y avait autant de gens qui vivent exactement la même chose que moi. Sa mère et ses deux frères vivent dans la ferme familiale du Somaliland, une région sécessionniste de la Somalie qui n'est pas internationalement reconnue. L'Olympien Mo Farah a été victime de la traite des êtres humainsAthlétisme mardi, 12 juil. « Je n'étais pas traité comme faisant partie de la famille..., relate Farah dans le documentaire.

La star olympique affirme que le nom Mohamed Farah lui a été donné par un inconnu qui l'a fait venir en avion de Djibouti au Royaume-Uni.

Et puis vous avez dit aux autorités compétentes : 'ce n'est pas mon nom'. Tous ces éléments se combinent pour réduire le risque que le ministère de l'Intérieur vous retire votre nationalité." À ce moment-là, j'ai su que ça n'allait pas", raconte-t-il. Le chancelier Nadhim Zahawi, qui a été forcé de fuir l'Irak avec sa famille quand il avait 11 ans, a déclaré qu'entendre l'histoire de Sir Mo était "déchirante et douloureuse". Sir Mo dit que le sport a été une bouée de sauvetage pour lui, car "la seule chose que je pouvais faire pour m'éloigner de cette [situation de vie] était de sortir et de courir". Un porte-parole du ministère de l'Intérieur a déclaré à BBC News que le ministère ne prendrait aucune mesure concernant l'entrée illégale de Sir Mo au Royaume-Uni. "Fondamentalement, la définition de la traite est le transport à des fins d'exploitation", dit-il à Sir Mo. Dans le documentaire, l'avocat Allan Briddock déclare à Sir Mo que sa nationalité a été techniquement "obtenue par fraude ou par de fausses déclarations". Sir Mo dit qu'il devait faire le ménage et s'occuper des enfants "si je voulais manger". Il dit que la femme lui a dit : "Si tu veux revoir ta famille un jour, ne dis rien." Son ancienne tutrice Sarah Rennie raconte à la BBC qu'il est arrivé à l'école "négligé et sans soins", qu'il parlait très peu l'anglais et qu'il était un enfant "solitaire et dépossédé de sa culture". La femme lui a dit de dire qu'il s'appelait Mohamed. Il dit qu'elle avait sur elle de faux documents de voyage sur lesquels figurait sa photo à côté du nom "Mohamed Farah". Sir Mo dit qu'il avait environ huit ou neuf ans lorsqu'il a été emmené chez des parents à Djibouti. Il a ensuite été emmené par avion au Royaume-Uni par une femme qu'il n'avait jamais rencontrée et avec laquelle il n'avait aucun lien de parenté. Elle lui a dit qu'il était emmené en Europe pour y vivre avec des membres de sa famille, ce qui l'a "emballé". "Je n'étais jamais monté dans un avion auparavant", dit-il.

Farah grew up at a time of deep poverty and instability in the Horn of Africa, where criminal networks smuggling resources and people flourished.

Neighbouring Djibouti was relatively peaceful and so a haven for many in the region. Some travelled in the hope of bettering their lives, find safety from conflict or to flee persecution. But the region was also chaotic, very poor and violent. By the mid 1980s, a full-scale rebellion was under way, which eventually ousted Barre in 1991. Involvement in cold war proxy wars and military defeat by Soviet-backed neighbour Ethiopia also weakened the regime. He has said that he lived for several years in Somalia’s capital, Mogadishu, when very young, though he was not born there.

LONDON (AP) — Olympic great Mo Farah -- the winner of four gold medals and one of Britain's greatest and best-loved athletes -- has been carrying a secret ...

He decided to tell his story to publicize and challenge people’s perceptions of human trafficking, he said. Usain Bolt, an eight-time Olympic champion sprinter from Jamaica, posted three emojis of folded hands - sometimes referred to as “prayer hands” - on Farah’s Instagram page. While Prime Minister Boris Johnson says this will break the business model of the criminal gangs who charge migrants thousands of pounds to cross the Channel, immigration rights groups say it is illegal and inhumane. Such organizations have often found it difficult to put a human face on the crime, fearing that exposure will inflict further trauma. The teacher contacted local officials, who arranged for a Somali family to take him in as a foster child. His mother and two brothers live on the family farm in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that is not internationally recognized. “I still missed my real family, but from that moment everything got better,” Farah said. Farah says his fortunes changed when he was finally allowed to attend school. The woman took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children, Farah said. “I wasn’t treated as part of the family,” Farah said. He won the same races at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. He says a woman he didn’t know brought him to Britain using fake travel documents that included his picture alongside the name Mohammed Farah.

Four-time Olympic champion Mo Farah said he was brought into Great Britain illegally from Djibouti under the name of another child.

He decided to tell his story to publicize and challenge people’s perceptions of human trafficking, he said. Farah says his fortunes changed when he was finally allowed to attend school. The teacher contacted local officials, who arranged for a Somali family to take him in as a foster child. The woman took him to an apartment in west London where he was forced to care for her children, Farah said. His mother and two brothers live on the family farm in Somaliland, a breakaway region of Somalia that is not internationally recognized. “I wasn’t treated as part of the family…,” Farah says in the documentary.

British runner Mo Farah rose to international superstardom at the London 2012 Olympics, winning gold medals in both the 5,000m and 10,000m races.

Eventually, he was enrolled into school under the name “Mohamed Farah,” and was described to his peers as a Somali refugee. Farah was given his now-famous name by the traffickers, while they discarded his old identity. The real story is I was born in Somaliland, north of Somalia, as Hussein Abdi Kahin.”

Farah revealed in a documentary titled The Real Mo Farah that he was brought to Britain from Somalia illegally.

Similarly, London Mayor Sadiq Khan tweeted his support for the Olympian. Figures from the world of politics have praised Farah as “truly inspirational” and a “great Briton” after he revealed he was trafficked into the UK as a child. It comes after the Metropolitan Police said it was “assessing” Farah’s allegations that he was trafficked into the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant.