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Inside Mo Farah's harrowing childhood as a servant after he was trafficked to UK

Sir Mo Farah - who made history by winning the 2012 and 2016 Olympic gold medals - battled a tough childhood after being illegally smuggled into the UK aged nine

Daily Mirror · Jul 12, 2022

Olympian Mo Farah was trafficked to UK, forced into child labour

The gold medallist has spoken publicly for first time about being brought to UK and forced to work as a child servant.

Al Jazeera · Jul 12, 2022

Mo Farah 'really proud' of documentary revealing he was trafficked as a child

SIR Mo Farah says he is “really proud” of a new BBC documentary in which he has revealed he was brought into the UK illegally under the name…

The National (Scotland) · Jul 12, 2022

Mo Farah says he was taken to UK using another child's name

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

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Sir Mo Farah ‘really proud’ of new revelatory documentary about his past

The four-time Olympic champion said the film, titled The Real Mo Farah, enabled him to ‘address and learn more’ about his journey to Britain.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was illegally trafficked to the UK as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant

Britain's most successful track athlete said he was flown to the United Kingdom from Djibouti, aged nine, and given a new name by a woman he had never met.

ABC News · Jul 11, 2022

Former Olympic champion Mo Farah reveals real identity

The 39-year-old, whose father was killed in Somalia when he was four, said his real name is Hussein Abdi Kahin and claimed he was made to look after another family’s children in Britain

The Hindu · Jul 11, 2022

Sir Mo Farah was illegally trafficked into the UK under false name as Olympic legend reveals birth name

Sir Mo Farah revealed his father was killed in the Somalia civil war and he was separated from his mum before being illegally trafficked to the UK.

Daily Record · Jul 11, 2022

Sir Mo Farah was brought to UK illegally and worked as 'servant'

Sir Mo's wife realised there were "lots of missing pieces to his story"

Liverpool Echo · Jul 11, 2022

Sir Mo Farah reveals he was brought into the UK illegally aged nine under another child's name

The Olympic champion reveals all in a new TV documentary

Wales Online · Jul 11, 2022