Filmmaker and Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad comments on Rwanda situation

Filmmaker and Syrian refugee Hassan Akkad comments on Rwanda situation

A Syrian refugee and movie producer who shot to distinction filling in as a NHS cleaner during the pandemic says the Home Office intends to send refuge searchers to Rwanda are an “moral and moral disappointment”.

Hassan Akkad showed up in the UK seven a long time back in the wake of escaping the conflict in his nation of origin, having no real option except to place his confidence in a group dealer.

As an ever increasing number of individuals risk the slippery intersection of the English Channel on board little boats, the 34-year-old says the Government’s treatment of refuge searchers is getting “more terrible and more regrettable”.

Presently living in London, Mr Akkad recorded every one of the 87 days of his unsafe excursion from Syria, and his subsequent film Exodus: Our Journey To Europe, proceeded to win a Bafta and an Emmy.

Asked how he felt when he found out about Government intends to send haven searchers to Rwanda, he said it was “discouraging” however didn’t come as a shock.

He told: “To be straightforward I didn’t observe it astonishing in light of the fact that since I have arrived at this country seven quite a while back Hostile Environment continues to deteriorate and more terrible in Britain.

“The treatment of refuge searchers has been deteriorating and more regrettable since I have come here, so I didn’t observe it stunning that our Government has now sank so low to choose to send individuals to a nation that is large number of miles away and run by a tyrant chief.”

Mr Akkad portrayed the plans as “a moral and moral disappointment” and said they were “more costly than setting individuals up in the Ritz”.

He proceeded: “The motivation behind why you leave your nation is in the event that you don’t leave you bite the dust.

“You come here hoping to be secured and cared for just to be confronted with this new regulation that the Government is passing.

“It’s exceptionally discouraging and it’s anything but an incredible search for Global Britain.”