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ARCHIVE What is the refugee 'crisis'? Plus: Media Storm Series 5 announcement

2025/1/30
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Matilda Mallinson: 作为一名记者,我亲身前往加莱难民营,与寻求庇护者交流,发现他们选择前往英国并非首选,而是迫于无奈。许多难民在其他欧洲国家申请庇护失败后,才将英国视为最后的希望。英国的庇护政策看似严格,实际上并未有效阻止难民涌入,反而可能将他们困在恶劣的环境中。我深入调查了法国边境的难民营,目睹了警察的暴力行为,这让我更加坚信,开放边境或许是解决问题的更有效途径。我呼吁媒体和公众更加理性地看待难民问题,不要被妖魔化的宣传所误导,而是关注他们背后的真实故事和人道主义需求。 Helena Wadia: 我认为英国媒体对难民问题的报道存在严重的偏颇,常常夸大难民涌入的规模,渲染社会恐慌情绪。通过对比其他欧洲国家的数据,我们发现英国接收的难民数量远低于平均水平,但媒体却给人一种英国不堪重负的印象。这种不实报道不仅加剧了社会对难民的歧视,也影响了政府的决策。我呼吁媒体承担起社会责任,客观公正地报道难民问题,为公众提供全面、真实的资讯,促进社会对难民的理解和接纳。我们应该关注难民的困境,而不是将他们视为威胁。

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Media Storm is returning next week! Series 5 will begin on Thursday 6th February - and there are now TWO episodes of Media Storm every week.

Every Thursday, we'll be dropping Media Storm's News Watch - where Mathilda & Helena will run through the main stories of the week, picking apart the most unhinged headlines to help you make sense of the mainstream media.

Every Friday, we'll release our regular episodes - our deep-dives into a topic that we think has been misrepresented in the mainstream media. And we'll do that with the most important (and most overlooked) people in the story - the ones living it. 

Until then, here is one from the archives: Media Storm's first ever investigation about the so-called refugee 'crisis'. With headlines reporting ‘record numbers of migrants’ reaching the UK in dinghies, Media Storm headed across the Channel to find out why they’re coming. The UK claims that accepting asylum seekers creates a ‘pull factor’ and encourages more people to come - we look at whether this is really what’s causing the crisis.

Plus, we've republished our conversation from last series, where we busted the biggest myths about refugees with two people who have lived experience - Journalist Osama Gaweesh, and Afghan journalist, newsreader, and women's rights activist, Zahra Shaheer.

Make sure you have your notifications on so you can join us, TWICE weekly, from Thursday 6th Feb for Series 5!

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