Munich/Bischofsgrün (dpa/lby) - The Bavarian State Sports Association (BLSV) has taken refugee squad footballers and their supervisors from Ukraine into its sports camp in Northern Bavaria. Overall, it was a group of 49 people with young people between the ages of 13 and 17, as the BLSV announced on Friday. The refugees could now live and train “for four to six weeks” in the camp in Bischofsgrün (Bayreuth district).
"We hope that the young people from Ukraine in Bischofsgrün can get some distance from the terrible war in their home country," said BLSV President Jörg Ammon.
The football talents come from the boarding school of the club FC Karpaty Lviv and had fled the Russian war of aggression in Ukraine. Most recently, the group stayed in a sports center in Poland, but according to BLSV information, could not stay there longer.
"I am pleased that a quick and unbureaucratic solution could be found for the youth soccer team together with the BLSV," said Bavaria's Minister of the Interior and Sports, Joachim Herrmann. Support for the refugees is "a major concern" for the CSU politician.
