Every year, hundreds of thousands of children are smuggled across borders and sold as commodities, including promising young athletes trafficked by sham agents promising fame, riches, and an escape route from a cycle of poverty. With only broad...
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Media Run Against Trafficking in Sport in The Gambia: Mission89 and SJAG partnership shakes nation Mission 89 in collaboration with the Sport Journalists Association of the Gambia (SJAG) on Saturday 16th January, organised an 8-kilometre Media...
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In conversation with EFAA Secretary General, Roberto Branco Martins The European Football Agents Association (‘EFAA’) is a non-profit organisation which represents the collective interests of players’ agents in European professional football. In...
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Mission 89 is proud to share that, for the first time ever, the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons Report has included information about sports trafficking, greatly increasing public exposure of the problem and laying the groundwork for...
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This article is a collaboration between Mission 89 and the European Football Agents Association (EFAA) as part of a football summer transfer window campaign. In 2009, Michael Afolabi Sodeke became a player’s agent and since then he has been...
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On June 9th, Mission ‘89 and Istanbul Bilgi University, jointly hosted a virtual round table that discussed “the impact of the coronavirus pandemic and restrictions imposed on the lives of migrant footballers in Istanbul”. The round table...
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This article is a collaboration between Mission 89 and the European Football Agents Association (EFAA) as part of a football summer transfer window campaign. Ellen Chiwenga has been working in the world of football for more than 15 years...
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Mission 89 is proud to announce South Africa International Ode Fulutudilu as our Ambassador. Ode, the new addition to our family, is the first personality to sign up to the Mission 89 Ambassador Programme. Ode Fulutudilu’s journey from refugee to...
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Factors influencing the migration of young footballers to Europe in pursuit of sporting success The UN Convention on the Rights of the Child (UNCRC) is the standard-bearer for all issues pertaining to the rights of children especially in...
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