Game show in The Netherlands 'pits asylum seekers against each other’

[Jazzy]

A game show in The Netherlands supposedly pits failed asylum seekers against each other to win cash to spend after being deported back to their home country.

In the show called Weg van Nederland which means either Leaving the Netherlands or Mad About the Netherlands, contestants are flanked by women dressed as air hostesses as they answer questions about Dutch culture, language and history.



The would-be immigrant who has learnt the most about the Netherlands during his stay wins £3,500 to spend after deportation.



The losers win 'consolation prizes’ which include a bag of tulips bulbs and a bullet proof vest.



Among the contestants on Thursday’s pilot show on the VPRO channel is an aeronautical engineer set to be deported to Cameroon and a Slavic languages student who will be sent home to Chechnya.



VPRO editor-n-chief Frank Wiering said he was “pretty unenthusiastic” when production house Skyhigh first pitched the quiz.



Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/new...s-pits-asylum-seekers-against-each-other.html



What are your thoughts about this game show?

 

[Chatsie]

I'm not sure to be honest. I suppose, if people are willing to take

part in it, that's their choice. But then some people will do anything

if there's a chance of money at the end of it.

 

[Sinon]

They wouldn't do it if there wasn't a market for it. If you're stupid enough to apply, you're stupid enough to pay the consequences.

 

[Evil Eye]

Nice way to get some stuff before being kicked out, I guess...