‘Go Back to Where You Came From’: A flawed reality show that shines a light on racism and immigration
Channel 4 takes six Britons with intense and controversial viewpoints to places like Somalia, Syria, Lebanon, and Kenya to experience first-hand the tragedy of displaced people
Is it worth watching a racist and ignorant person cry his eyes out when he sees the children of Raqqa, the Syrian city devastated by civil war, rummaging through the rubble? This is the same man who, in the opening scenes of Channel 4’s new reality show, Go Back To Where You Came From, poses on the cliffs of Dover, facing the sea, and offers his particular solution to illegal immigration: “I’d have the Royal Navy lay mines 50 meters from here, so that every boat that came to our wonderful coast would end up fucking blown up,” he says. “They’re like rats. If you leave them food, they come back,” he concludes his profound reflection, now back in his lounge.
