<html><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; -webkit-line-break: after-white-space; "><div><p class="introduction" id="story_continues_1">A Somali Olympic athlete has reportedly drowned while attempting to reach Europe on a migrant boat.</p><p>Runner Samia Yusuf Omar was trying to cross from Libya to Italy in April when the boat she was travelling in sank, according to Italian media.</p><p><div class="story-body"><p>"Samia died in an incident when the Italian navy approached them when they ran out of petrol, and they asked for help, so the Italian ship threw some ropes over the side for them to catch and swim to the navy ship, but unfortunately she was one of seven people - six women and one man - who died trying to get on to the Italian ship by the ropes," she said.</p><p>Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera says Samia's fate only came to light when former Somali Olympic athlete Abdi Bile brought it up at a talk.</p><p>He mentioned Mo Farah, the Somali runner who moved to the United Kingdom aged 12 and triumphed in this year's Olympics. </p><p>"We are happy for Mo - he is our pride," he said. "But we will not forget Samia." </p> </div><!-- / story-body --> <div> <!--Related hypers and stories --> <div class="story-related"> <h2></h2></div></div></p></div><div><br></div><a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19323535">http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-19323535</a>
<div><br></div><div>Meanwhile, Somali refugees in the netherlands, together with Iraqi's Irani's and many others continue their stgruggle. Every week they protest somewhere against the way they are denied an existence.</div><div>M2M supports the struggle in various ways.</div><div>On Sunday 26 we are present at the Fullcolourfestival in Emmen.</div><div>On Saturday 1 September we hold a work conference in Arnhem to learn from the camp in ter Apel.</div><div><br></div><div>You can help M2M to support the movement of refugees-on-the-street.</div><div>Show hospitality to refugees.</div><div>Confront your favorite politicians.</div><div>Make a donation on banknr. 39.02.71.918 St. M2M, Amsterdam</div><div><br></div><div>look with us, not at us</div><div><br></div><div>http://wijzijnhier.org</div><div><br></div><div>cheers Jo van der Spek</div><div><br></div><div><br></div></body></html>