A small team of international refugee athletes will participate in the Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro this year, Thomas Bach, the president of the International Olympic Committee, confirmed on Thursday.
While touring a refugee camp in Athens, Bach said: “We want to draw the attention of the world to the problems of the refugees,” Reuters reported. “It would not be a big number, between five to 10,” he said of the team.
The team would compete under the Olympic flag, Bach said, echoing remarks he made in October at the United Nations.