Northern Ireland football

Behind the successful project, aimed at integration and inclusion, is the Ethnic Minorities Sports Organisation for Northern Ireland (EMSONI). Adekanmi (Kanmi) ...

“I've been in Northern Ireland for 10 years, and because I was allowed to integrate, I think of this place as my home. I want people to see the diversity of asylum seekers brings a massive opportunity, in all fields. Because the new reality of development of any city or any nation is diversity and inclusion. I don't want to go into the law because the rules permit asylum seeking anywhere in the world, I just want to appeal to their consciousness. “Because of that fear, a lot of them are struggling to integrate. Some people don't want asylum seekers to be in this country. Mr Abayomi said: “We work with a lot of asylum seekers and refugees, and many of them are panicking. This is the only place they know as home. It is a tradition that the defending champions play in the opening game.” “But that does not say we are not working with football clubs, we do. It begins on June 11 and runs to August 5, with the final in Belfast at Ulidia Playing Fields. That is very important to us.