Date: 2021
Type: Technical Report
Immigration narratives in the Euro-Mediterranean region: what people believe and why
Technical Report, ICMPD policy report, 2021, [Migration Policy Centre]
DENNISON, James, Immigration narratives in the Euro-Mediterranean region: what people believe and why, ICMPD policy report, 2021, [Migration Policy Centre] - https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75598
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Narratives are regularly cited by migration policymakers and communicators as some of the most important determinants of public attitudes and behaviour regarding migration and a particularly powerful source of our perceptions and misperceptions. Typically, the UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR, 2020) argues that migration narratives are important as guarantors or potential threats to human rights: ‘How we perceive and speak about migrants and migration – the narrative – plays a fundamental role in guaranteeing equality and the human rights of migrants.’ The same office argues that inaccurate and nefarious migration narratives are on the rise: ‘Harmful and dehumanising narratives on migration have increasingly permeated political movements, media and other forms of public discourse in many countries. Such narratives have used migrants as scapegoats for deep-rooted societal problems and fears, often for political or financial gain.’ Accordingly, based on these observations and following earlier meetings that the Office convened—namely “Building partnerships to counter anti-migrant narratives” in 2017 and “Changing the public narrative on migration: promoting tolerance and confronting xenophobia against migrants” in 2016—the office has produced an extensive ‘Reframing Narratives on Migration’ campaign and toolbox for how to speak about migration.
Cadmus permanent link: https://hdl.handle.net/1814/75598
Series/Number: ICMPD policy report; 2021; [Migration Policy Centre]
Publisher: International Centre for Migration Policy Development (ICMPD)
Sponsorship and Funder information:
European Union
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