Refugee Olympic team looking to make history at Paris Games

The Refugee Olympic Team is hoping to make history at the Paris Games by winning the team's first ever medal. It is the team's third time participating in the Olympics, after it was created in 2016 to raise awareness about the plight of refugees, amid a record number of people fleeing to Europe. In 2016, an unprecedented one million people fled to Europe, escaping persecution and conflict. Today, there are 120 million refugees globally.