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From Sudan to Vietnam, Britain has often supported those most in need, many of them arriving on boats. As we mark the anniversary of Alan Kurdi’s body washing up on a beach in Turkey 10 years ago, filmmaker and anthropologist Chris Terrill reflects on the shifting perceptions of what a refugee is and our humanity towards them
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ack in 2011, I was embedded as a filmmaker with the Royal Marines Commandos in Nad-e Ali North, a particularly dangerous part of Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan. Every day from our remote patrol base, the marines went out on deadly patrols, risking IEDs and almost certain ambushes in order to protect the local farming population from the rampaging Taliban.
