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    Arsenal to help the refugees


    Arsenal Gunners will donate £1 for every ticket sold during their match with Stoke City this weekend – to help the refugee crisis.
    The football world has been quick to offer support to people seeking refuge from war-torn areas in the Middle East and Africa, and Uefa are hopeful of raising around £2m after the first round of Champions League fixtures next week.
    All 80 teams involved in this season’s competition have agreed to give £1 for every ticket sold on Matchday One to help the crisis, but Arsenal are the first Premier League club to help by giving ticket money from this weekend’s match.
    The news was confirmed by Arsene Wenger in his weekly press conference.
    ‘For the game against Stoke, for every ticket sold, £1 will be donated to victims of the Syrian crisis,’ he told the media.
    The Frenchman then told the club’s official website: ‘It’s an exceptional circumstance and I’m very happy that our club contributes to help refugees to settle in countries where they come without anything.
    ‘We’ll give £1 for every ticket sold [against Stoke] and if everyone can contribute like we do then I think we can give very, very strong help.’
    Football authorities offered their help for fleeing migrants after the body of Alan Kurdi, a three-year-old Kurdish refugee, washed up on a Turkish shore last week.
    Bayern Munich were one of the first to offer a helping hand and the Bundesliga giants have donated around £720,000 to refugee causes.

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