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Migration Narrative Study

Study: How does the media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on Migration?

EUROMED Migration IV, funded by the Directorate General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations of the EU  and implemented by ICMPD, commissioned the Ethical Journalism Network  to conduct this study for which journalists from 17 countries have examined the quality of migration media coverage in 2015/16 from a national perspective. The study covers nine EU countries and eight countries in the south of the Mediterranean. 

It finds that journalists are often poorly informed about the complex nature of migration as a phenomenon. At the same time newsrooms are also vulnerable to pressure, manipulation and hate speech by some political elites or voices on social media networks. The study also highlights inspirational examples of journalism at its best –resourceful, painstaking, and marked by careful, sensitive and humanitarian reporting. In order to address the identified challenges it  provides a series of detailed recommendations and calls for training, better funding of media action and other activities to support and foster more balanced and fact-based journalism on immigration, emigration, integration, asylum and other migration-related challenges. 

Downloads

• Executive Summary with conclusions and recommendations
• Foreword by ICMPD DG Michael Spindelegger
• Media and migration from a Migration perspective: Observations by ICMPD
• Desktop study & review of available material
• Full study with 17 country chapters

ALGERIA

By Faten Hayed

AUSTRIA

By Katharine Sarikakis

EGYPT

By Sarah El-Shaarawi and Abdulrahman Elsamni

FRANCE 

Politics, Distorted Images and why the Media Need to Frame the Migration Story

By Jean-Paul Marthoz

GERMANY

“We Can Do It”: A Test of Media Solidarity and Political Nerve over Migration

By Michaela Maria Müller

GREECE
Media’s Double Vision as Migrant Crisis Catches the World’s Imagination

HUNGARY

By Balázs Weyer

ISRAEL

By Shaike Komornik

ITALY

By Anna Masera

JORDAN

By Daoud Kuttab

LEBANON

By Magda Abu-Fadil

MALTA

By Mark Micallef

MOROCCO

By Salaheddine Lemaizi

PALESTNE

By Bassam Ewaida

SPAIN

By Jose Miguel Calatayud

SWEDEN

By Arne Konig

TUNISIA

By Sana Farhat

Downloads

The impact of Covid-19 and associated mobility restrictions on Arab South Partner Countries: the case of the Middle East-Gulf States corridor

تأثير فيروس كورونا وقيود التنقل المرتبطة به على البلدان العربية الجنوبية الشريكة: حالة ممر الشرق الأوسط ودول الخليج

Migration Narrative Study

What policy communication works for migration? Using values to depolarise 

Impact of Public Attitudes to migration on the political environment in the Euro-Mediterranean Region – First Chapter Europe

Impact of Public Attitudes to Migration on the Political Enviroment in the Euromed Region – Second Chapter South Partner Countries

Public attitudes on migration: rethinking how people perceive migration

Study: How does the media on both sides of the Mediterranean report on Migration?

Mapping ENI SPCs migrants in the Euro-Mediterranean region: An inventory of statistical sources

Linking human capital, labour markets and international mobility: an assessment of challenges in Egypt, Jordan, Morocco and Tunisia

Promouvoir une meilleure adéquation entre capital humain, marchés nationaux du travail et mobilité internationale : État des lieux des défis en Égypte, Jordanie, Maroc et Tunisie

الربط بين رأس المال البشري وأسواق العمل والتنقل الدولي: تقييٌم للتحديات في مصر والأردن والمغرب وتونس

How to Perform Impact Assessments: Key Steps for Assessing Communication Interventions 

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