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The Migration Newsdesk - 17 December 2015
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Syrian refugees arrive in the U.K. © IOM United Kingdom Welcomes First 1,000
Syrian Refugees Yesterday (16/12) IOM welcomed the arrival of the first 1,000
Syrian refugees in the United Kingdom since the British government’s September
decision to resettle 20,000 Syrians from Middle Eastern refugee camps by the
year 2020. Under the UK government’s vulnerable persons resettlement scheme,
IOM, in coordination with UNHCR and the governments of Jordan, Lebanon, Turkey
and Iraq, is playing a key role in realizing this goal. IOM provides
pre-departure and transit resettlement-related services for the refugees in all
three departure countries. Before they leave for the UK, IOM provides medical
screening, travel documentation and cultural orientation courses to prepare
them for new lives in Britain. It also arranges their travel, including
flights, and provides translators and escorts to ensure that the refugees
arrive safely. Since September, Syrian refugees have been arriving on charter
and scheduled flights at locations throughout England, Scotland, Wales and
Northern Ireland. Read on |
| Migration: Global Report on Journalism’s Biggest Test in 2015 An
international report on media and the global migration and refugee crisis,
issued to coincide with International Migrants Day on December 18th, says
journalists often fail to tell the full story and routinely fall into
propaganda traps laid by politicians. The report, Moving Stories, is published
by the Ethical Journalism Network and reviews media coverage of migration in
the European Union and in 14 countries across the globe. “Around the world
media coverage is often politically led with journalists following an agenda
dominated by loose language and talk of invasion and swarms,” said Aidan White,
EJN Director. “But at other moments the story is laced with humanity, empathy
and a focus on the suffering of those involved.” The 100-page report
highlights:
- Missed Opportunities: How journalists and media in Europe failed to raise
the alarm about an imminent influx of refugees fleeing war in Syria and Iraq,
even though the story was there to be told a year before the crisis broke in
2015;
- Hate-Speech: How outrageous anti-migrant or anti-Muslim statements by
politicians like Donald Trump in the United States and some European leaders
fuelled increasing public concern and hijacked media coverage;
- Falling Standards: How media fail to provide detailed and reliable
information about the refugee crisis because of a lack of editorial resources
or the presence of well-informed journalists able to provide in-depth and
sensitive reporting;
- Sensationalism: How much journalism is driven by hyperbole, intolerance
and distortion with media in confusion over what are the correct terms to use
to describe migrants, refugees, and asylum-seekers.
To counter these problems, the report recommends that news media take urgent
action to appoint specialist reporters to the migration beat. It also calls for
industry wide and in-house training on migration issues and problems of
hate-speech; improved links with migrant and refugee groups; and more
employment of journalists from ethnic minority communities to strengthen
diversity in newsrooms. Read on |
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Mihir: "I feel Indian but I feel British too. This is a duality. UK is my main
home, India is my former home."
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For the latest Mediterranean Update data on arrivals and fatalities please
visit: http://migration.iom.int/europe #MigrationEurope |
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A global database tracking data on deceased and missing migrants worldwide.
Visit MissingMigrants.iom.int #MissingMigrants |
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| Quote of the day
| "It’s essential for migrants’ stories to be heard and shared without
judgement. If we don’t stand up and challenge people’s misconceptions and
actively dispel myths, we risk creating an environment where discrimination and
hate crime will flourish." – Laura Foley, Joint Council for the Welfare of
Immigrants. More here. |
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| Migration in the News
- AFP reported that the “iamamigrant” social media campaign was formally
launched in London by IOM and the Joint Council for the Welfare of Immigrants
(JCWI).
- Sputnik reported UK PM David Cameron’s announcement that Britain has
resettled 1,000 refugees from Syria since September.
- Korea Herald reported that Seoul City and IOM unveiled a sculpture
entitled “My Migrant Neighbor” in Seoul Plaza to mark International Migrants
Day on Friday 18 th December.
- Washington Post reported that the European Union announced the start of a
USD2 billion initiative to curb illegal migration from Africa. The program aims
to tackle the root causes, including unemployment.
- World Post reported from Idomeni on the Greek-Macedonian border, where
thousands of migrants and refugees arrive daily, but only some are allowed to
cross.
- AFP reported that five migrants, three of them children, drowned between
Turkey and Greece on Wednesday.
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| Trending on the Internet
- UK’s Telegraph mapped how the European Union’s demographic landscape is
changing due to migration - and what it may look like in 2080.
- BBC reported that according to a new Amnesty International report, Turkey
has detained and mistreated scores of migrants and refugees, pressuring some to
return to war zones.
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