Migrants and refugees wait in the early hours outside the Central Registration Office for Asylum Seekers of the State Office for Health and Social Services on December 9, 201

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Migration Edition (Abroad)

On the Media | Jul 28, 2016

Migration and refugees have been in the news a lot in the last two years; a deeper understanding of migration and refugees, unfortunately, has not. From misleading language to distorted facts to the abuse of the very term "breaking news" (when in fact emigration, particularly into Europe, tends to remain constant) -- coverage of refugees and migration is all too often predictably poor. 

Brooke talks with Heaven Crawley, Coventry University's International Migration Chair, about mass migration myths and how to identify them when they crop up in the news. The result is Part One of our Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Migration Edition.

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"Ali Farka Touche" by Jenny Scheinman

Breaking News Consumer's Handbook: Migration Edition
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