Bad News for Refugees analyses the political, economic and environmental contexts of migration and looks specifically at how refugees and asylum seekers have been stigmatised in political rhetoric and in media coverage.
Through forensic research, conducted through interviews and analysis of media accounts, a history of contemporary migration and asylum is written. The authors examine the various catalysts for migration, in doing so reveal how economic migrants, refugees and asylum seekers are often conflated by the media. They explain negative reactions to new arrivals, describing the benefit cheat, criminals and job stealing narratives that dominate anti-migrant discourse. Case studies reveal how hysterical and inaccurate media accounts act to legitimise political action can have terrible consequences both on the lives of refugees and also on established migrant communities.
Based on new research by the renowned Glasgow Media Group, this book is essential reading for those concerned with the negative effects of media on public understanding and for the safety of vulnerable groups and communities in our society. Acknowledgements
Introduction
1. Brief History of Contemporary Migration and Asylum
2. Methods and Main Explanations and Perspectives on Asylum
3. Media Content: Press and TV Samples
4. Case Studies of Media Content - 2011
5. Impacts of Media Coverage on Migrant Communities in the UK
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A Brief History of Contemporary Migration and Asylum TE POliiçâl, eçOnOmiç ânD enviROnmEnâl COnExS OF MiGRâiOn TE glObâl eçOnOmy àSylUm ânD ImmiGRâiOn in E uniED KinGDOm
Methods, Explanations and Perspectives on Asylum MEODS Mâin explânâiOnS ânD PERSpEçivES On àSylUm in E uniED KinGDOm ‘àbUSE’ OF E àSylUm sySEm by ‘IllEGâl ImmiGRânS’ àlERnâivE PERSpEçivES ‘sOF TOUç’ BRiâin TâkES TOO Mâny àlERnâivE PERSpEçivES à BURDEn On wElFâRE ânD E JOb MâRkE àlERnâivE PERSpEçivES InçREâSED InSEçURiy: TREâ, CRiminâliy ânD TERRORiSm àlERnâivE PERSpEçivES InçREâSinG dEpORâiOnS àlERnâivE PERSpEçivES TE BEnEFiS OF ImmiGRâiOn àlERnâivE PERSpEçivES PROblEmS fâçED by àSylUm sEEkERS TE rOlE OF E wES in rEFUGEE MOvEmEnS ânD eçOnOmiç fORçES in MiGRâiOn
Media Content: Press and TV Samples, 2006 CâSE sUDiES OF MEDiâ COnEn, 2006 InRODUçiOn O TV NEWS COnEn HEâDlinES wRiEn by fOçUS gROUp MEmbERS InRODUçiOn O NEWSpâpER COnEn wO spEâkS
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Case Studies of Media Content, 2011 InRODUçiOn O TV NEWS COnEn InRODUçiOn O NEWSpâpER COnEn wO spEâkS COnFlâiOn OF fORçED ânD eçOnOmiç MiGRâiOn TREâEninG NUmbERS BURDEn On wElFâRE ânD E JOb MâRkE CRiminâliy, TREâ, dEpORâiOn ânD HUmân riGS NEED FOR ‘ImmiGRâiOn COnROl’ TE BEnEFiS OF ImmiGRâiOn PROblEmS fâçinG àSylUm sEEkERS TE rOlE OF E wES in rEFUGEE MOvEmEnS ânD eçOnOmiç fORçES in MiGRâiOn
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