Narratives of Migration

On the Media | Apr 24, 2015

The latest refugee deaths in the Mediterranean brings this year's death toll to an estimated 1,750. But popular response to the tragedy, especially in the UK, has been mixed. Brooke talks with Heaven Crawley, scholar of international migration at Coventry University, about the problems with prevailing narratives of migration, and how they affect policy. 

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