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Migration and Communication: Information and Awareness-Raising Campaigns in Countries of Origin and Transit. Austrian National EMN Conference 2019 Briefing Paper

Vienna: European Migration Network, National Contact Point Austria (2020), 6 pp.

"Information and awareness-raising campaigns for (potential) migrants in third countries constitute a central element of current migration strategies, both at the European and national level. However, little is known about the impact of these campaigns and how they influence migratory behaviour. Inf ... ormation and behaviour change: In light of these limitations, we can learn from findings of rigorous evaluations in other fields, such as behavioural economics, and apply those to how information and awareness-raising can influence behaviour. Therefore, information and awareness-raising campaigns must be built on a contextual understanding of how people form beliefs and expectations and how these are transformed into decisions. Randomized evaluations: Researchers, donors, EU Institutions and Member States are increasingly aware of the importance of creating rigorous evidence and using this evidence to inform policy decisions. To isolate the impact of information and awareness-raising campaigns on migratory behaviour, randomized evaluations are being implemented by some selected researchers and institutions. Lessons learned: Evaluations presented during the conference indicate that peer-to-peer information campaigns have the potential to raise awareness about the risks and opportunities associated with migration. Another example shows that information on the chances of obtaining a legal status in Europe impacts the inclination to migrate. Rigorous evaluations also shed light on how information campaigns compare against other policy interventions, such as providing economic opportunities at the local level. Most evaluations find that migrants and potential migrants respond to reliable and trustworthy information. Social networks: Beside rigorours evidence, which is still rare, qualitative evaluations suggest that campaigns should be built on trust: this can be achieved by using personal or peer-to-peer communication channels, a positive narrative, and messages of legal alternatives rather than deterrence. Finally, in order to create contextappropriate messages and to identify the right target group, diaspora communities and local experts are important stakeholders in the design and implementation of campaigns." (Main take-aways, page 2) more

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GlobalOriya.com: A Case Study in Sudden Failure of Community Media in India

Subhransu Mohapatra

3CMedia: Journal of Community, Citizen's and Third Sector Media and Communication, issue 10 (2020), pp. 3-6

"Internal migration within India increased significantly after economic liberalization in 1991. The effect of liberalization really took effect on the ground in India around the year 2000 when the internal migration from the relatively poorer regions of north and east to the more prosperous regions ... more

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Looking Back to See Forward: A Case Study Collection on UNICEF’s Response to the Rohingya Refugee Crisis

Hakan Ergül

Dhaka: UNICEF Bangladesh (2020), 32 pp.

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Articulating the Shan Migrant Community in Thai Society Through Community Radio: A Case Study of the Map Radio Fm 99 in the City of Chiang Mai, Thailand

Hyeonsoo Jeon

Asia in Focus, issue 8 (2020), pp. 26-37

"This study examines the social consequences of an ethnic migrant community radio station, Map Radio FM 99, to explore its role for the Shan migrant community in Chiang Mai, Thailand. Fieldwork was conducted for seven weeks between December 2015 and January 2016 to collect data using semi-structured ... more

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The Impact of Mobile Cinema Events on Potential Migrants in Guinea: Impact Evaluation Report

Marie-Luce Bia-Zafinikamia, Jasper Tjaden, Horace Gninafon

Geneva: International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2020), 55 pp.

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Communicating with Unaccompanied Foreign Minors: How UN Agencies Engage with Newly Arrived Migrant and Refugee Children in Italy

Valentina Baú

Respond (2020), 14 pp.

"This paper provides an overview of the communication practices that UN agencies working on the migration response in Italy have adopted in their work with newly arrived unaccompanied migrant children. These include IOM, UNICEF and UNHCR. The aim is to present the different objectives and methodolog ... more

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Information Ecosystem Assessment: Migrants in Thailand During COVID-19

Pamela A. Mallinga et al.

Internews (2020), 29 pp.

"This Information Ecosystem Assessment includes the thoughts and opinions of 48 migrant community leaders and migrant workers in Thailand. The information was collected through a series of qualitative and quantitative techniques, using remote data collection methodologies to ensure the safety of par ... more

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Displaced Children and Emerging Technologies: Save the Children's Opportunities for Investment and Impact

Nathaniel Raymond, Stuart Campo

London: Save the Children;DANIDA (2019), 36 pp.

"The report findings identify numerous potentially transformational and cost-effective technologies that could significantly improve our ability to access and assist vulnerable displaced populations – particularly children. The findings also provide a greater understanding of the programming chall ... more

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Information Hubs on Migration: Mesoamerica and the Caribbean

San José (CR): International Organization for Migration (IOM) (2019), ii, 70 pp.

"IOM presents the Handbook for Information Hubs on Migration, which is based on the model promoted by the Regional Programme on Migration in Mesoamerica and the Caribbean, an IOM programme implemented for more than 10 years with the aim of promoting humane and sustainable migration governance in the ... more

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GFMD Thematic Workshop “Narratives on Migration: Toward Evidence-Based Communication”, 4-5 July 2019, Mohammed VI International Conference Center, Skhirat, Morocco: Highlights of Proceedings

Global Forum on Migration and Development (GFMD) (2019), 10 pp.

"As the Global Compact for for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM) states in its guiding principles, "we also must provide all our citizens with access to objective, evidence-based, clear information about the benefits and challenges of migration, with a view to dispelling misleading narrative ... more

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Die neuen Verbraucher: Wie digitale Informationsangebote für Geflüchtete das Ankommen erleichtern können. Praxisleitfaden

Berlin: iRights (2018), 84 pp.

"Digitaler Verbraucherschutz hilft, Menschen zu erreichen, die sich nicht professionell mit dem Thema beschäftigen und niedrigschwellige, gut verständliche Verbraucherinformationen benötigen. Hier können fremdsprachige Angebote, aber auch Angebote in einfachem Deutsch einen Zugang ermöglichen. ... more

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Violence Against Women Within the Rohingya Refugee Community: Prevalence, Reasons and Implications for Communication

Md. Arif Al Mamun, Nicola Bailey, Moiyedul Azam Koreshi, Fariha Rahman

London: BBC Media Action (2018), 16 pp.

"To inform the development of a new radio drama for Rohingya refugees in Cox’s Bazar, BBC Media Action carried out a small scale qualitative research study that sought to understand more about Rohingya men and womens’ understanding and attitudes towards child marriage, intimate partner violence ... more

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Communicate Widely, Effectively, and Often with Migrants on Evolving Crises and How to Access Help

Mayveline González

International Organization for Migration (IOM);Migrants in Countries in Crisis (MCIC) (2018), 4 pp.

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Humanitarian Feedback Mechanisms in the Rohingya Response, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh

Stijn Aelbers, Viviane Lucia Fluck, Jyoti Rahaman

Internews (2018), 53 pp.

"Since August 2017 over 671,000 people (mostly Rohingya) have crossed the border from Myanmar to Bangladesh to escape violence in Rakhine State. There are now more than one million Rohingya refugees staying in campsites along the Bangladeshi side of the border. In September 2017 Internews conducted ... more

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Digital Lifeline? ICTs for Refugees and Displaced Persons

Carleen F. Maitland (ed.)

Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press (2018), xxii, 281 pp.

"Today's global refugee crisis has mobilized humanitarian efforts to help those fleeing persecution and armed conflict at all stages of their journey. Aid organizations are increasingly employing new information technologies in their mission, taking advantage of proliferating mobile phones, remote s ... more

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Offenes Ohr und starke Stimme

Sebastian Drescher

welt-sichten, issue 12 (2016), pp. 56-57

"Junge Frauen machen in Irakisch-Kurdistan ein Radioprogramm für Flüchtlinge. Tabuthemen kennen sie keine - Tratsch und Klatsch kommen auch nicht zu kurz." (Seite 56)

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Guide pratique des campagnes de communication publique de l'OIM

Hannah Murphy, Berti Olinto, Ali Eren Guven

Geneva: Organisation Internationale pour les Migrations (OIM) (2016), 77 pp.

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Perception Management: Deterring Potential Migrants Through Information Campaigns

Charles Heller

Global Media and Communication, volume 10, issue 3 (2014), pp. 303-318

"How are images used in the aim of governing migration? This article probes this question through the example of the International Organization for Migration’s (IOM) information campaigns (ICs) in Cameroon, through which it seeks to ‘manage the perception’ of potential illegal(ized) migrants t ... more

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Upstairs Downstairs: Communication Contradictions Around Two African Refugee Camps

Ullamaija Kivikuru

Journal of African Media Studies, volume 5, issue 1 (2013), pp. 35-51

"This article describes and analyses the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) communication policy in the current world environment where a variety of well-doers attempt to pursue attention. The analysis is reflected against the results of focus group interviews with Congolese women ... more

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Zur Rolle der Medien in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft

Britta Altenkamp, Kemal Bozay, Sinan Kumru et al.

Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung (FES) (2010), 59 pp.