Getting Across

A Documentary About Seeking Asylum in the UK in 2020-2021

About the Film

Getting Across is a story that follows the progress of a journalist as he gains an understanding of the conversation surrounding the UK's asylum and refugee resettlement process in the midst of the coronavirus pandemic and the final stages of the government's Brexit negotiations.

To tell the whole story of this highly politicised and clandestine issue, Jordan Fermanis interviewed a number of experts and activists that appeared in the media and compared their views with the stories of real asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.

As he learns more about the issue, Jordan reflects upon the refugee story in his own family and considers the humanitarian values that countries like Britain have historically established. The film shows how those values are being threatened with impending policy change and attempts to understand what we can do to help.

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Transitions is an organisation based in London dedicated to accessing the skills of refugees and migrants through employment in a number of skills-based industries. More information can be found on:

https://transitions-london.co.uk/.

Kent Refugee Action Network (KRAN) is a charity that supports unaccompanied children seeking asylum in the UK. Help by donating through:

https://www.crowdfunder.co.uk/kran-christmas-appeal.

Detention Action is a charity that supports people held in immigration detention and campaigns for fundamental reform. You can find more information about the organisation and donations on:

www.detentionaction.org.uk.

Best Foot Music located in Brighton is an organisation that collaborates with musicians from refugee and migrant backgrounds to encourage social cohesion and cultural diversity. Find about more information and ways to donate on:

www.bestfootmusic.net.

Daniel Trilling is a London-based journalist and author. He writes about migration, nationalism and human rights in politics and culture for The Guardian's Long Read and Opinion sections and the London Review of Books. His latest book Lights in the Distance: Exile and Refuge at the Borders of Europe is based on five years of reporting on people who come to Europe in search of asylum.

Colin Yeo is a leading immigration barrister with expertise in asylum law and private immigration cases. He is the author of Welcome to Britain: Fixing our Broken Immigration System (2020) as well as the Free Movement blog:

https://www.freemovement.org.uk