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Channel 4 Distances Itself From Tweets Branding European Jews “Lying Scumbags” Posted By Contestant On New Reality Series ‘Go Back To Where You Came From’


Channel 4 has distanced itself from 'Go Back To Where You Came From' Bushra Shaikh tweets that brand European Jews "lying scumbags."

The controversial new series, which airs Monday and has attracted criticism from human rights groups, sees six contestants of vastly different political views and backgrounds travel across a dangerous migrant crossing route. The show, which is based on an Australian format, is described as a “bold and timely four-part series [that] will set out to challenge how British people feel about asylum seekers and immigration” by Channel 4. Channel 4 has vehemently defended Go Back To Where You Came From over the past few months and repeatedly pointed out that the original Australian version became part of the national curriculum.

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