New BBC TV show asks viewers to vote on which asylum seekers to throw out of Britain

Wednesday October 21, 2009

Keywords: Western Europe, English, media ethics & diversity, refugees, migrants, human rights, article

The BBC is about to take the reality game show format to a new low, reports Britain’s ‘The Guardian’ newspaper, by asking the public to vote on whether individual asylum seekers should be thrown out of the country. The planned programme has provoked an angry reaction from some members of parliament and refugee groups.
Article by Alana Travis, The Guardian, 31 May 2003)

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