Arms Sales to Dictators, Displacement, and Militarised Borders
Channel: Campaign Against Arms Trade
Date: 2023-04-24

Film by London CAAT and Rainbow Collective. Sam Forrest-Sufrin of London CAAT discusses the role the UK played in Syrian Civil War; the involvement of Turkey using British-supplied weapons; the deadly effect of militarised borders in the region, and the impact of UK policy on refugees from the conflict.

Find out more about the aftermath of the Arab Spring in the region via our playlist: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLyXy2bP7ZvFGfGQ4XGZvu5-NDMMVxtn8e

00:00 Opening
00:14 Introduction
01:04 Chemical weapons: use by Assad regime, supply of UK "precursor chemicals"
03:23 Turkey: actions on border, ethnic cleansing of Kurds
05:58 Lebanon and Jordan: UK supported border militarisation
06:20 UK resettlement schemes: lack of protection for Syrian refugees
07:07 Summary and conclusion