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Romanians took to the streets on Sunday in London, protesting against Channel 4’s “The Romanians Are Coming” documentary series. “We are protesting against the way in which Channel 4 presented the Romanian immigration issue. Weconsider that the manner in which the documentary was presented is unfair to the Romanians living and working in the UK,” reads the Silent protest @Channel 4 Facebook page. “The protest should be silent, so we won’t shout, scream, sing; we want to show them we are not like they show us to be. Have a sort of business attire,” the protest’s page reads.
The first episode of the “The Romanians Are Coming” documentary series broadcast last week by Britain’s Channel 4 presented the cases of three Romanian immigrants from their point of view, not the point of view of press articles on immigration.
Alex Fechete Petru, also a Romanian, is the narrator of the first episode broadcast last Tuesday by Britain’s Channel 4. He talks about the 20,000 Romanians that arrived in Great Britain last year, most of them contributing to the prosperity of the British economy, ‘The Independent’ writes on its website, being quoted by Mediafax.“But I don’t want to lie to you, there are some Romanians that come with no jobs and nowhere to live. And it’s Gypsies like these that scare you,” he stated. The documentary series presented precisely the stories of three such persons. Alex (not the same with the narrator) is a Romanian that moved to Great Britain from Canada, where he lived several years. He speaks perfect English, with Canadian accent, currently works as street cleaner and sleeps in a parking lot near Victoria Station.
Things are even worse for Sandu, the father of nine, who came from one of Romania’s poorest areas in order to look for a job, accompanied by his eldest son. “Their English is so bad they wouldn’t understand even if they were offered a job,” the narrator points out. Stefan seemed to most closely resemble the bogeyman of UKIP’s nightmares. As soon as he receives the social benefits money he sends it home to his family. When Alex asked Stefan where he believes the money came from, he randomly guessed: “The EU?” The more is revealed about his home situation, the failed surgery that had left his young daughter unable to walk, the more he seemed like a father doing what any other father would in the same set of desperate circumstances. At any rate, as Alex the narrator pointed out, Stefan is in the minority. Less than 2,500 Romanians are on social benefits in Great Britain, and the documentary promises more representative stories in the future, Mediafax informs. The documentary series about Romanian immigrants is broadcast by Channel 4 and 4Seven. According to Channel 4, the documentary is analyzing the lives of Romanians who settle down in Great Britain, trying to reveal the truth behind press articles on immigration. Read more on Nineoclock.ro
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