SARAJEVO – SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Joyful cheers echoed through an asylum-seekers camp in Bosnia this week as dozens of teenagers and young men put their daily struggles aside for a game of cricket.
Players absorbed in the match ran over an improvised pitch clutching wooden bats or throwing balls. Others supported the teams by clapping from the side, their faces radiant. “It was a good game!” Sifet, an asylum-seeker from Afghanistan, said. “Tomorrow we have the final tournament!” Mohammad Jahanzeb, who is from Pakistan, chimed in.
The opportunity for relaxation and fun at the Blazuj camp in Bosnia's capital, Sarajevo, was made possible by a Rome-based humanitarian group which brought in donated cricket gear for refugees and migrants in the