Comfort Angels: Liverpool City Stories

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4.8 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2022

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Telling compelling stories from the city of Liverpool, starting with Comfort Angels - a football team bringing inclusion and integration for refugees and people seeking asylum. Hosted and edited by Harriet Prior for The Anfield Wrap... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is community initiatives happening in Liverpool.
0:12.6	First up is Comfort Angels, a football team set up together with Amnesty and the
0:17.6	LFC Foundation to bring inclusion and integration to refugees and people seeking asylum in Liverpool.
0:23.6	Yes this is Premier League.
0:25.6	Come on Ronado.
0:28.6	Good. Who's next? At the heart of Comfort Angels is Comfort Etim.
0:37.0	Comfort grew up in Nigeria and it was there that her passion for football began.
0:42.0	She moved to the UK at the age of 17 and completed
0:45.3	trials for Tottenham Hotspers women's team. After a visit to Liverpool, she fell in love with
0:51.0	the city and here she found her home.
0:54.0	Comfort used her love for football to help others and now heads up a football team creating a safe space for
0:59.6	more than 20 women from all walks of life. This week marks World Refugee Week. In April, the
1:06.6	Refugee Bill was passed, meaning that only refugees arriving through
1:10.6	restricted and official routes are allowed to claim protection.
1:14.7	We spoke to Comfort about the impact of the bill, the story behind Comfort Angels, and the importance
1:20.2	of integration. I know.
1:23.0	Yes!
1:25.0	Oh, wait!
1:27.0	I'm not here.
1:28.0	I know it's okay.
1:30.0	Well, don't play! You go! Chout!
1:35.0	Chish!
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