Sanctuary Runners race together, but apart, for unity with Direct Provision residents

Hana Fasika, a young Ethiopian student living in Cork City finishing the Cork City marathon on Patrick’s Street on behalf of her relay team. Photo: Clare Keogh

They ran apart, but together in a special show of global solidarity with asylum seekers and refugees to mark what should have been Cork city marathon day.

Almost 1,000 members of the Sanctuary Runners movement, which uses running to bring together asylum seekers, refugees and wider Irish society, were due to take part in the race before Covid-19 forced its cancellation.