UK 'S. REFUGEE SHOW : REALITY TV ESSAY *

 

LONDON : '' GO BACK  Where You Came From ". UK'S REFUGEE SHOW sparks growing outrage.

Britain's newest reality TV show has been claimed as '' insensitive,'' ''voyeuristic '' and even '' nauseating '' for recreating with six Britons the often fatal journeys made by thousands of refugees in the UK.

Bluntly titled Go Back to Where You Came From, the part documentary, part reality TV show by Channel 4 follow the group of six, who hold strong views both for and against immigration.

They are divided into two teams, with one dropped into one war-ravaged Raqqa in Syria and the other sent to Mogadishu in Somalia.

Over four episodes which launched on February 13, they '' experience some of the previous parts of the refugee journeys '' according to Channel 4 - although they largely travel in armoured vehicles.

The outspoken views of some participants, as well as the show's format, have been criticised by viewers, charities and some media,  AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL UK called it '' deeply disappointing '' and ''sensational''.

Participant and chef Dave Marshall, 35, opens the series standing on the cliffs of Dover, calling the immigrants crossing the channel to be '' blown up ''.

Moments later, political commentator Chloe Dobbs,24, says that unless immigration is reigned in '' Britain will be a hell hole full of people wearing burqas ''.

In the first episode, the six are taken to markets where they meet families, play football with kids and accompany them as they search through litters for scraps.

At one point, when they visit a bombed out family home in Raqqa, Marshall and two others are invited to stay the night.

'' Very kind of you for offering your house to us,''  replied Marshall, the irony perhaps lost on him.

'' The series explores the varied and sometimes polarised opinions in our societies in a fresh way, '' a series spokesperson said.

In upcoming episodes, both groups undertake '' challenges '', including a boat crossing and trekking through a Libyan desert.

There is no winner of the series though.

This Master Essay Publishing, continues. The World Students Society thanks The Express Tribune.