The Fair Play Cup is Ireland’s largest World Refugee Day event, a 7-a-side tournament featuring up to 20 teams of men and women from refugee and local communities, Direct Provision Centres, NGOs, Government and members of the media.
World Refugee Day (WRD) was initiated in December 2000 by the United Nations General Assembly who decided that from 2001 onwards, June 20th would be celebrated to draw attention to the plight of the millions of refugees and internally displaced people worldwide who have been forced to leave their homes due to war, conflict, persecution, or natural disaster.
In 2009, SARI was invited by UNHCR Ireland to collaborate in organising an annual event to mark and celebrate WRD. It has been our great pleasure every summer since then to co-host this festival of football. This year’s Fair Play Cup was awarded to the Department of Justice, who have been so supportive of our work over the years.
