Barca veterans hold soccer workshop for refugees

A former FC Barcelona player (not identified) controls the ball during a training session with refugee children at the PAS Giannina stadium in Ioannina, northwestern Greece, on Friday. A team of former players from the Spanish club held a soccer workshop for some 150 boys, girls and adults currently sheltered at reception facilities. PAS Giannina and FC Barcelona veterans were scheduled to hold a friendly match later in the day. Both events were part of a public awareness campaign organized in cooperation with UNHCR. [ANA-MPA]