Mo Farah people trafficked into the UK.

I’m in awe of him. How brave!

Given the current climate around migrants, I sincerely hope his voice impacts on the views some people hold, it really shouldn't take one of the greatest athletes who have ever raced for this country to humanise others...

He has been extremely brave, both now and in the past. It really does illustrate that we don’t know what goes on in people’s lives and we shouldn’t ‘judge books by their covers’.
He has my utmost respect. ( should he want it!)

I sincerely hope that his story will have an impact on the current government and it's supporters with their cruel policy on Rwanda.

Well done Mo - very brave! Richi Sunak’s slick leadership campaign video starts with his ‘story’. How his mother came to this country as a young girl with ‘very little’, worked hard, made something of her life etc. I hope the irony of this is not lost on people. She may well have been sent to Rwanda today. Mo Farrah’s story holds a mirror up to the government’s cruel deportation of innocent people.

Very brave. I am saddened and sickened by the number of candidates for Tory party leadership/PM who have been welcomed by the UK, whose families have been given access to education, health, housing, who have made a success of their lives and now wish to deny this opportunity to others.

it's a well-known phenomenon, unfortunately, called pulling up the drawbridge/loft ladder behind them.
some are different, eg lord alf dubs.

I have the utmost respect for Mo Farah and think he has been very brave in telling his story. Can you imagine that poor little boy and his life, thank goodness he was able to discover the sport he has excelled in.

On a sour note I have just heard Richi Sunack's video/soundtrack played on the radio and it made me cringe. It was like a promotion for a really bad daytime soap opera

I greatly respect Mo Farah and am so pleased he has been reunited with his family.
I agree with other posters about people coming into our country and making it difficult for others. They should show empathy and remember what it was like for their family.

How brave and what an extraordinary story. It makes his success even more remarkable.

Thank you Mo Farah for sharing your story. Thanks to the teacher and the social worker who was involved in his placement in the family of a school friend
What an athlete and remarkable man. I
Hope those Conservative leadership hopefuls who have been sharing their own immigrant stories feel some shame for their continued support of Rwanda

I read the article. He confided in his PE teacher who involved social workers and he was fostered into a Somali family.

Sorry - crossed posts!

Thank you Mo for telling your story. It must be a big burden off your shoulders.

It makes me think of all the other refugees who haven’t been allowed to show there worth.
One example on a TV program a man was working as a porter, during covid in a London hospital, he was a doctor in his own country.

Great story isn’t it madmum
It reminded me of Alan Johnson, best labour leader we never had. A teacher and social worker are credited by him as helping. His mum died when he was 15. The social worker campaigned with managers to get agreement Alan could stay with his sister, I think she was 17

If something like that happened now, and a teacher reported it to a social worker (or social services in general) would he be fostered?

There would be an investigation which would include police because of modern slavery laws
If the child/young person had a school friend whose family offered him a home that would need assessment. An emergency placement there could be arranged speedily. Like in that afternoon, police and sw record checks, discussion with school about their views. He could be sitting down for his evening meal, doing his homework that evening. The key would be ensuring he couldn’t be taken by his previous ‘family’

More thorough assessment would follow. How lucky though to have a placement that met his needs so well

Awful Dickensian story. I had a peak at the Daily Mail comments to see if readers had any compassion for him, and there was down voting in the hundreds for any posters sympathetic to his story. Others pointing out he’d lied and should be deported. Very sad that there are people about with so little heart.

Thanks, Iam. I suppose I was wondering whether he would be treated as an 'illegal' immigrant.

there is a duty of care towards unaccompanied/exploited children, whatever their status.

domestic servitude is much more common than people imagine.

I have long admired Mo Farah. Not just his athleticism and his amazing performance on The Cube but his sincerity, his intelligence, his common sense, his calm attitude and his obvious humanity. Now, following these revelations, I admire him more than I can say.
I agree with others that those supporting the shameful Rwanda exercise must surely see that we are talking about vulnerable and desperate people, many of whom will have talent beyond imagination from the ability to fix a tap to the ability to transplant a heart.

It is welbeck. It’s also not uncommon for children from Africa to disappear from foster or residential placements

If it's known where the woman who housed him and kept him in servitude is, what are the chances of her facing charges? Mo could possibly have been one of many that were treated so badly by her and she should have questions to answer.