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Changing the Narrative: Media Representation of Refugees and Migrants in Europe

World Association for Christian Communication – Europe Region (WACC Europe);Churches’ Commission for Migrants in Europe (CCME) (2017), 50 pp.

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Other editions: also published in Arabic, French, German and Spanish

"Key findings: Only 21% of news items on asylum and migration reference a refugee or migrant [...] Of the 21% of articles that mentioned a refugee or migrant, only in about one-quarter (27%) was that person a woman [...] Of the 21% of the news items that reference migrants or refugees, less than half (40%) of the articles quote them directly [...] Refugees and migrants are most often only identified by their displacement [...] Terminology and impartiality may be positive signs." (Pages 5-6)