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Edward Stourton and guests discuss the consequences of Syria's refugee crisis - and ask whether Brexit would have happened without it.

Edward Stourton and guests trace the course of the biggest refugee crisis since World War Two and consider whether Europe's migrant crisis was a decisive factor in the 2016 Brexit referendum.

Guests:
Fawaz Gerges, Professor of Middle East Politics and International Relations at the London School of Economics and author of 'Making the Arab World - Nasser, Qutb, and the Clash That Shaped the Middle East'
Dawn Chatty, Emerita Professor of Anthropology and Migration at Oxford and author of 'Syria: The Making and Unmaking of a Refuge State'
Financial Times columnist Gideon Rachman
Researcher: Louise Byrne
Producer: Ben Crighton.

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15 minutes

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Tue 29 May 2018 13:45

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  • Tue 29 May 2018 13:45