IRC in the News

In a Wednesday night league held on Roosevelt Island, the sidelines are clearly marked, but the games are very much without borders.

 

This is especially true for the refugee team that plays in this United Nations soccer league made up of players who work at the U.N.

 

The refugee team is fielded by the International Rescue Committee, a nongovernmental international relief organization that works with immigrants fleeing oppression. The refugee team has six players who have come in recent months from countries including Guinea, Mauritania and Sierra Leone.