Calls being made to a trafficking helpline have increased after Sir Mo Farah opened up about his personal story of being trafficked into the UK as a child and made to work as a servant, a charity has revealed.
Calls being made to a trafficking helpline have increased afteropened up about his personal story of being trafficked into the UK as a child and made to work as a servant, a charity has revealed.
‘The truth is I’m not who you think I am,’ said the 39-year-old athlete, who was born Hussein Abdi Kahin, before stating: ‘When I was four my dad was killed in the civil war, as a family we were torn apart. I was separated from my mother, and I was brought into the UK illegally under the name of another child called Mohamed Farah.
Meanwhile, 368 people contacted the charity in total through their various platforms, marking a rise of 49.
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