Ken Loach shines spotlight on plight of Syrian refugees in new film

Ken Loach on stage (Kirsty O’Connor/PA)

Ken Loach has talked about the “very good people” helping to look after Syrian refugees, which is the subject of his latest film.

The Old Oak is a story of two traumatised communities thrown together when a group of Syrian refugees are housed in a neglected former mining village in the North East of England.