Ethiopians waiting for Serbian citizenship and ticket for Beijing

 
Ethiopian asylum seekers give a three fingered Serbia salute at their training base in Pambukovica

I though this might be a spoof, but its real.

“Serbian athletics need not worry for its results in the sport’s long-distance events for some time, as for the first time ever Serbian athletic team will incorporate top class competitors born in foreign countries.“

It appear three Ethiopians are being given asylum in Serbia in exchange for competing for their soon-to-be new country. There is something desperately cynical about all this.

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