little amal, a 3.5 metre tall puppet refugee, and. ..this is the beginning of the final leg of what has an 8,000 kilometre journey. there have been many stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we re getting, but also she s amazingly evocative. so, she s doing herjob. she has provoked strong feelings. in rome, the pope came out to meet her, but not everywhere has been quite so welcoming. especially at one stop in greece. people were stoning a puppet arriving? people were stoning a puppet arriving, which is nothing we expected, and feeling very strongly about it as well, shouting at her with everything they had. and here on the kent coast, which sees regular migrant arrivals along the shore, there is considerable local debate.
and the longer it flows, the further it reaches, smothering more of this island. danjohnson, bbc news, la palma. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has arrived in southeast england after a trip of some eight thousand kilometres. little amal as she s known set off from the the border of syria injuly, and travelled across europe, in a journey that symbolised the experiences of millions of displaced children. 0ur arts correspondent david silitto has been to see her, and has this report. little amal, a 3.5 metre tall puppet refugee, and. ..this is the beginning of the final leg of what has an 8,000 kilometre journey. there have been many stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we re getting, but also she s amazingly evocative. so, she s doing herjob.
so, she s doing herjob. she has provoked strong feelings. in rome, the pope came out to meet her, but not everywhere has been quite so welcoming. especially at one stop in greece. people were stoning a puppet arriving? people were stoning a puppet arriving, which is nothing we expected, and feeling very strongly about it as well, shouting at her with everything they had. and here on the kent coast, which sees regular migrant arrivals along the shore, there is considerable local debate. this man is a ukip councillor, and he wasn t going to be meeting little amal. the event that s taking place in folkestone today is all about raising awareness, about being welcoming to refugees. you would rather folkestone was less welcoming? personally, yes. but i would welcome . them if they came over here with a passport -
stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we re getting, but also she s amazingly evocative. so, she s doing herjob. she has provoked strong feelings. in rome, the pope came out to meet her, but not everywhere has been quite so welcoming. especially at one stop in greece. people were stoning a puppet arriving? people were stoning a puppet arriving, which is nothing we expected, and feeling very strongly about it as well, shouting at her with everything they had. and here on the kent coast, which sees regular migrant arrivals along the shore, there is considerable local debate. this man is a ukip councillor, and he wasn t going to be meeting little amal. the event that s taking
remarkable pictures there. a giant puppet of a syrian refugee girl has arrived in southeast england after a trip of some 8,000 kilometres. little amal as she s known let off from the the border of syria injuly, and travelled across europe, in a journey that symbolised the experiences of millions of displaced children. 0ur arts correspondent david silitto has been to see her, and has this report. little amal, a 3.5 metre tall puppet refugee, and. ..this is the beginning of the final leg of what has an 8,000 kilometre journey. there have been many stops across europe. it takes you back when you see the physical reaction that we re getting, but also she s amazingly evocative. so, she s doing herjob.