ISBN:
9781849649582
Language:
English
Pages:
1 Online-Ressource (161 pages)
Edition:
1st ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Philo, Greg Bad News for Refugees
DDC:
070.44936287
Abstract:
Looks at how refugees and asylum seekers are stigmatised in political rhetoric and media coverage
Abstract:
Intro -- Title page -- Copyright page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 A Brief History of Contemporary Migration and Asylum -- The Political, Economic and Environmental Contexts of Migration -- The Global Economy -- Asylum and Immigration in the United Kingdom -- 2 Methods, Explanations and Perspectives on Asylum -- Methods -- Main Explanations and Perspectives on Asylum in the United Kingdom -- 'Abuse' of the Asylum System by 'Illegal Immigrants' -- Alternative Perspectives -- 'Soft Touch' Britain Takes Too Many -- Alternative Perspectives -- A Burden on Welfare and the Job Market -- Alternative Perspectives -- Increased Insecurity: Threat, Criminality and Terrorism -- Alternative Perspectives -- Increasing Deportations -- Alternative Perspectives -- The Benefits of Immigration -- Alternative Perspectives -- Problems Faced by Asylum Seekers -- The Role of the West in Refugee Movements and Economic Forces in Migration -- 3 Media Content: Press and TV Samples, 2006 -- Case Studies of Media Content, 2006 -- Introduction to TV News Content -- Headlines Written by Focus Group Members -- Introduction to Newspaper Content -- Who Speaks -- Themes in the Coverage -- Conflation of Forced and Economic Migration -- Threatening Numbers -- A Burden on Welfare and the Job Market -- Criminality, Threat, Deportation and Human Rights -- Need for 'Immigration Control' -- The Benefits of Immigration -- Problems Facing Asylum Seekers -- The Role of the West in Refugee Movements and Economic Forces in Migration -- 4 Case Studies of Media Content, 2011 -- Introduction to TV News Content -- Introduction to Newspaper Content -- Who Speaks -- Conflation of Forced and Economic Migration -- Threatening Numbers -- Burden on Welfare and the Job Market -- Criminality, Threat, Deportation and Human Rights -- Need for 'Immigration Control'
Abstract:
The Benefits of Immigration -- Problems Facing Asylum Seekers -- The Role of the West in Refugee Movements and Economic Forces in Migration -- 5 Impacts of Media Coverage on Migrant Communities in the United Kingdom -- Media Images and Impacts on Public Understanding -- Impacts of Media Coverage on Established Migrant Groups and Descendants -- Impacts of Media Coverage on Asylum-Seeking Communities -- Discussions of Media Coverage -- Conflation of Asylum Issues with 'Illegal Immigration' -- 'Immigration Control' and Numbers -- The 'Burden', Crime and Fear -- The Asylum Process and Life in the United Kingdom -- Community Impacts -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1: Guide to the Asylum Process -- Appendix 2: Interviewees -- References -- Index
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http://www.oclc.org/content/dam/oclc/forms/terms/vbrl-201703.pdf
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