Migration

In defence of defenders

PUBLICATION

Migration as well as supporting people in flight is increasingly treated as a criminal act in Europe. This toolkit, created by Border Violence Monitoring Network and Heinrich Böll Stiftung Thessaloniki, seeks to support affected Human Rights Defenders by showing them mechanisms and avenues for help and self-defence in cases of criminalisation at various levels.

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Under pressure: a Rule of Law and humanitarian crisis on the external borders of the EU

Commentary

The UNHCR and the IOM jointly called upon Italy and all EU Member States who abide by applicable legislation, to protect people and distribute responsibility within the EU fairly. Humanity and the Rule of Law are in the EU’s most basic interests – if these go unheeded at its external borders, they can hardly be defended within.

By Neda Noraie-Kia

Without voice: People on the move

ARTICLE

Media coverage of migration issues played an important role in informing public opinion and contributing to the construction of the collective perception of migration. This is an article about our recently published e-paper entitled “Without voice: People on the move. An analysis of the media coverage on migration in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia during the period 2015-2021”.

By Idriss Moussaoui

Without voice: People on the move

E-paper

This study aims to observe the range of different representations of people on the move in the media coverage in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Croatia between 2015 and 2021.

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People on the Move: (Still) stuck in the corridors to the EU “Status quo and Perspectives”

Here you can watch the videos of the 6 panel sessions of the conference People on the Move: (Still) stuck in the corridors to the EU “Status quo and Perspectives”, held in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, on 31 March and 1 April 2022, organised by the Heinrich Böll Foundation offices Sarajevo and Thessaloniki.

More (about) Borders, less (about) Humans: Media Coverage of Migration and Asylum Seeking in Greece

ARTICLE

Media has played a significant role in how migration is presented, as well as in how people perceive and respond to it. In Greece, overall, the media have been crucial to the construction of stereotypical notions about refugees and migrants, who at large are portrayed as threats to Greece’s security and prosperity.

By Naya Kalfeli

More (about) Borders, less (about) Humans

E-paper

This study examines the coverage of migration and asylum seeking in eight Greek media outlets (Efsyn, Ta Nea, I Kathimerini, Proto Thema, Eleftheros Typos, Makeleio, i-efimerida and zougla) between September and November 2021 using a quantitative content analysis.

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