Not Welcome: The Battle to Stop the Boats

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Following 18-year-old Mustafa, from Idlib in Syria, and transgender man Azzar from Saudi Arabia as they attempt to cross the English Channel in small boats. Plus, conversation with those on the other side of the politically charged debate about small boats, Chloe from Llanelli in south Wales and Sarah from Lincolnshire share their concerns about housing migrants

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David Butcher

Last year, Channel 4’s series Go Back to Where You Came From helped ground the immigration debate. This excellent feature-length doc is more traditional, with sensitive filming that unpacks the mindset of migrants in France as well as protestors like Sarah in Lincolnshire, who doesn’t want a local RAF base used to house asylum seekers. Though we’re back in the Rishi Sunak era, the human stories feel timeless. Fleeing civil war, Sudanese migrant Mariam gazes out from a French beach: “Imagine all that stands between you and your dreams is this sea.”

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