This photo show Roman high school students playing soccer with refugees from hosting centers in the Italian capital. The soccer tournament called #iocisono (I am here) was organized by the Fondazione Mondo Digitale and Microsoft under the patronage of the UNHCR.
The project is on its eighth iteration and vies to fight discrimination and cultural prejudice. Over 200 teens and migrants on World Refugee Day on Tuesday played soccer in Milan, Rome, Naples, Catania and Messina to launch a collective message of solidarity and welcome.' 'Sport unites, it is a universal language at a time when diversity has become a factor of fear'', stressed Alfonso Molina, the scientific direction of the foundation Fondazione Mondo Digitale.Teams are multicultural and everybody wants to have fun.'
'The migrant topic is new and difficult for us'', 17-year old Christian said.''A soccer game can be helpful in understanding that we are all brothers, that we aren't different and this can unite''.31 year old Abdin from Somalia, said he liked to know ''other people and make Italian friends''. ''I like soccer, I am happy to be here today''.