Remember Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen? From a Real Madrid VIP to unemployed

Osama Abdul Mohsen & his family at Real Madrid

Update on Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen

Spanish paper El Confidencial have posted an update on Syrian refugee Osama Abdul Mohsen in their Sunday edition, and unfortunately the news isn’t great.

A little over 12 months ago, Osama Abdul Mohsen and his family were huge news in Spain as they were invited to live in the country.

Osama Abdul Mohsen’s story went viral after video footage caught a Hungarian camerawomen kicking the refugee as he was carrying his son in his arms.

In the aftermath of that video, Osama Abdul Mohsen and his family won an invitation to move to Spain, where the former Syrian football coach was given a job by the Spanish coaching association.

Moreover, the Mohsen family were invited to Real Madrid to meet president Florntino Perez, where they were treated like VIPs by Los Blancos.

A year on, however, and Osama Abdul Mohsen’s life isn’t the easiest.

Real Madrid with the Syrian refugees in 2015

Osama Abdul Mohsen is told to leave the Spanish coaching association

According to El Confidencial, Mohsen is now looking for work again.

That’s because he’s been asked to leave the Spanish coaching association after failing to learn Spanish.

According to the report, a door has been left open to the Syrian refugee to return to the programme in February 2017 if his language skills improve.

That seems unlikely.

Moreover, the Spanish coaching association have tried to head off any negative headlines associated with their decision, claiming it’s a “strictly professional issue”.