The Latest Breaking News from Mo Farah

Sir Mo Farah ‘grateful to be able to embrace UK’ after revelations about past

The Olympic champion has revealed he was brought illegally to Britain as a child and forced to work as a domestic servant.

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

Mo Farah 'relieved' at Home Office decision after revealing he was trafficked into UK

The four-time Olympic champion revealed on Monday that he had been illegally smuggled into the UK under a false name

Manchester Evening News · Jul 13, 2022

Sir Mo Farah ‘relieved’ Home Office will take no action over documentary revelations

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

The Independent UK · Jul 13, 2022

‘This is my country’ – Sir Mo Farah ‘relieved’ Home Office will take no action

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

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Sir Mo Farah ‘relieved’ that UK Home Office will take no action against him

The four-time Olympic champion, 39, said there were a lot of people he ‘owed my life to’ and that had given him the ‘strength’ to talk about his past.

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

Food crisis deteriorates rapidly, with African continent among hardest hit

In tonight's edition: Olympic champion Mo Farah has revealed he was trafficked to Britain as a child from Djibouti. The war in Ukraine has deepened a food emergency that is affecting a staggering 346 million people in parts of Africa. And communities in Niger are ramping up training in farming…

France 24 · Jul 12, 2022

British Olympian Mo Farah reveals he was trafficked to UK as a child, forced to work as servant

At just 9 years old, Mo Farah, who would go on to become first British track and field athlete to win four Olympic gold medals, was handed fake travel documents, shuttled onto a plane by a stranger, flown from his home in Djibouti to England and forced to work as…

Tribune News Service · Jul 12, 2022

Trafficking victims ‘fear being criminalised’ if they seek help

Charity workers hope Sir Mo Farah’s decision to reveal he was trafficked would encourage more victims to come forward

The Guardian - UK · Jul 12, 2022

Mo Farah: What would happen to a trafficked child in the UK today?

‘State of precariousness’ for child victims navigating complicated immigration procedures, experts say

The Independent UK · Jul 12, 2022

The Leader podcast: Mo Farah’s story and the reality of trafficking

Thirty years after being illegally trafficked into the UK under the wrong name, Sir Mo Farah has finally revealed the story of how he came to the country.

Evening Standard · Jul 12, 2022