Upcoming UNITED Conference 2016 | UNITED for Intercultural Action
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Moving Stories: Narratives of Migration Crossing Europe.
This conference takes place from 22-27 April and will focus on the current negative narrative around migration.
Deadline for nominations is 28 February.
They take our jobs. They put pressure on our social services. They bring war, disease and uncivilised social practices. They degrade our culture and threaten our societies. Everything was better before they arrived…
These are just a few of the myths on migrants and refugees that are routinely spread by the mainstream media and politicians in Europe. Depicting migrants, refugees and asylum seekers as a burden on national economies and a danger to social cohesion, these myths combine to build a specific “narrative” on migration that leads to fear and anxiety among the public and oppressive reactions from governments.❞