The Olympian is widely praised for going public with his experiences of being trafficked into the UK.
From trafficked victim to Olympic star: Sir Mo Farah says he was made to work as a domestic servant after coming to the UK aged nine
Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi said he "salutes" Sir Mo Farah, describing the Olympic star as "truly inspirational" and an "amazing human". Sir Mo, who won four Olympic gold medals for Team GB, had previously said he came to the UK from Somalia with his parents as a refugee. "I didn't understand why we were fleeing Saddam Hussein, I knew he was a dictator, I knew he was bad," he said.Nadhim Zahawi recalled his own childhood experiences of fleeing Iraq when describing Sir Mo Farah as "truly inspirational""I thought I knew the Mo Farah story and I thought I knew Mo Farah really well," Sir Brendan told the BBC.
Lisa Nandy, shadow secretary of state for levelling up, suggested that the decision to speak out about trafficking could be a "gamechanger".
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