This document provides information about an upcoming Channel 4 documentary exploring British public views on accepting more refugees. The documentary will feature interviews with the prime minister, political experts, and refugees. It was filmed in Solihull and local sixth forms to gather a range of opinions from people of all backgrounds on the refugee crisis. The filmmakers faced difficulties getting some members of the public to share their views. They hope the documentary will help solve issues and raise awareness of the problems refugees face daily.

1. NEW & EXCLUSIVE
Should Britain Accept More Refugees?
Monday9pm,channel 4
This channel4 documentary willbe broadcast on Monday night next
week, Monday 20th May. Thedocumentary willbe exploringhow you,
the British public, feel on this topic. The filmmakersSam, Elania and
Myleswill be visiting the streets of Solihull and the local sixth form to
get a moredetailed view on the general publicsstance on this crisis.
The documentary showsheavy amountsof footage including
interviewswith the primeminister, political experts and the
refugees.
The refugeecrisis is just that a crisis. “With more than 13million
homeless refugees in the world and an estimated 126,000 already
living in 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 refugeesfleeing 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 Syrian refugees flee their country every day. They are
often forced to moveafter seeing their neighborhoods bombed or
family members killed.
The risks the journey has can be as high as the risk of staying: Families
walk for miles through the night to avoid being shotat or being caught
by soldiers who kidnap young men to fight for the regime.
Peoplefrom all backgroundshavean 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 gainsa range of opinionsfrom peopleof all ethnicities
and backgroundsand collects their views then 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 as well as making peopleawareof the
problemsthey face everyday.”-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.