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1. NEW & EXCLUSIVE
Should Britain Accept More Refugees?
Monday9pm,channel 4
This channel4 documentary willbe broadcast on Monday night next
week. The documentary willbe exploringhow you, the British public
feel on this topic. The filmmakersSam, Elania and Myleswillbe
visiting the streets of Solihull and the local sixth form to get a more
detailed view on the general publics stance on this crisis. The
documentary showsheavy amountsof footage featuringthe prime
minister, political experts and the refugees.
The refugeecrisis is just that. “With morethan 13million homeless
refugeesin the world and an estimated 126,000already livingin the
UK”. After watching this yourseyeswill truly be opened. You will
learn, hear and see things you didn’tknow before. This is the aim of
the documentary, to educate.
There are over 4 million Syrian refugees who fled to fivehost
countries. These countriesinclude, Turkey, Iraq, Lebanon, Egyptand
Jordan. In Lebanon, 1 in 5 peopleis a Syrian refugee and in Jordan 1
in 13 is a Syrian refugee. (sourceMercycorps)
Thousands of Syrians flee their country every day. They often decide to
finally escape after seeing their neighborhoods bombed or family
members killed.
The risks on the journey to the border can be as high as staying: Families
walk for miles through the night to avoid being shotat by snipers or
being caught by soldiers who will kidnap young men to fight for the
regime.
Peoplefrom all sorts of backgrounds have an opinion on this topic.
From White to Black, Muslim to Christian, Old to Young, European to
rest of the world, weall have differentviewsthat need to be heard.
This documentary navigatesthrough all of these backgroundsand
collects viewsand compiles them into clear statistics.

2. Q&A
What sort of difficulties did you face during filming?
“The hardest partwas the filming, because it’s a delicate subject
certain members of the public werereluctant to give their views.”-
Myles
What do you want to come out of this documentary?
“I just hope the issuesraised can be solved and that wecan re-home
as many peopleas we can.”- Sam
Was it worth is?
“Well, it was a struggle but I do believe it wasworth it, I mean come
on we have a documentary on channel4! Lets justhope you like it” –
Elania
The crew say they are expected to travel to the MiddleEast to
conductyet another documentary on ISIS the terror group. This will
be challenging, as they have never doneanything of this caliber
before.