How can civil society organisations help counter exclusionary discourses on migration? What are the best strategies to promote inclusive accounts from the grassroots? Civil society representatives from Germany, Italy, and Spain bring their own experiences to the 2nd programme of the BRIDGES Podcast Series, produced by the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and funded by the EU H2020 programme. This podcast includes audio fragments from news stories by Al Jazeera English, The Telegraph and The Wall Street Journal.
What is the role of media in producing and re-producing certain narratives on migration? Why are Ukrainian refugees being portrayed as victims while people fleeing other conflicts are portrayed as a threat? Are media contributing to the increasing polarisation around migration issues in European public and political debates? Ferruccio Pastore, BRIDGES Scientific Co-Coordinator and Director of FIERI; May Bulman, Social Affairs Correspondent at The Independent; and András Földes, journalist and video-journalist at Telex.hu; try to shed some light on these questions under the moderation of Mar Sabé Dausà.This podcast is part of the BRIDGES Podcast Series, produced by the Barcelona Centre for International Affairs (CIDOB) and funded by the EU H2020 programme.