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AIBU to expect this to be predicted and provisions put in place to prevent it happening!

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Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 18:11

just read on BBC website that 7 of the Cameroon Olympic team have absconded and gone 'missing'

So, where are they? Did the olympic committee not think this might happen?

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JumpingThroughHoops · 07/08/2012 18:12

Really?

bugger! I lost my bet as to who would go 'missing' first!

Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 18:14

Who was your first bet? An Ethiopian child torch beater has apparently gone missing too

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Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 18:14

Beater? Obviously 'bearer'!

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stargirl1701 · 07/08/2012 18:15

The have 6 month visas. They have done nothing wrong until the visas expire.

kinkyfuckery · 07/08/2012 18:17

Was that an Ethiopian child that beats torches, or someone who beats Ethiopian children with torches?

Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 18:20

So it's ok that they aren't around for the closing ceremony and other organised Olympic events which Cameroon have committed to? They may have visas but they are supposed to be at the Olympic village

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EduStudent · 07/08/2012 18:20

Well, what would they have done? It's not really reasonable to have 24hr security guarding them and as someone else said, they haven't actually done anything wrong yet...

BlackOutTheSun · 07/08/2012 18:22

Eh? Does this happen a lot then? Confused

eurochick · 07/08/2012 18:24

Yes, it's reasonably common at international sporting events held in developed countries.

Tee2072 · 07/08/2012 18:25

Can you blame them?

ButterPopcorn · 07/08/2012 18:26

Interesting piece on Woman's Hour the other day about women athletes absconding to claim asylum/"hide out" in host countries during international sporting events.

Here

ll31 · 07/08/2012 18:26

i dont understand your upset tbh. how does it affect you?

OwlLady · 07/08/2012 18:30

I feel sorry for them that their lives are in such turmoil that they have to do this

StewieGriffinsMom · 07/08/2012 18:32

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Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 18:34

Yes it does Happen all the time, which is why I would think a closer eye is kept on them

How will they survive?

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MrsRobertDuvallHasRosacea · 07/08/2012 18:34

I was going to post this ( but I needed a wee first)

Wonder where they are?

MammaTJisanOlympicSumoWrestler · 07/08/2012 18:34

Something that never occurred to me to think about but now you mention it, I am not surprised.

BlackOutTheSun · 07/08/2012 18:34

Well I never knew that Shock

Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 18:38

How does it affect me LL? well it's more people to accommodate isn't it? Are you comfortable with a 15 year old roaming the country unaccounted for?

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OldGreyWiffleTest · 07/08/2012 18:43

I thought the first person claimed asylum the day before the Olympics started?

Of course it was going to happen.

Tortu · 07/08/2012 19:09

Hmmm. Highly dedicated and competitive people who have shown themselves to be the best from their own country (and better than most people in ours) and are now desperate to stay here because they think they can make a better life for themselves?

Reckon we should take 'em.

Olympia2012 · 07/08/2012 19:36

One of the Olympians did a runner when the team still had to compete. Not really in the spirit of things

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LunaticFringe · 07/08/2012 19:43

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PenisVanLesbian · 07/08/2012 19:47

Not really in the spirit of things? Hmm They should not escape a brutal dictatorship so you're not upset at an empty lane in a running race? Cop yourself on for fucks sake.

hiddenhome · 07/08/2012 19:48

Their lives must be pretty rotten and desperate for them to do things like this. I don't really blame them. Our lives are cushy. Who are we to point the finger?

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