Thousands of people – old, young and babies – struggle to reach the coasts of Europe, many dying en route.
In south-east Asia, dozens of Rohingya refugees from Burma suffocate on packed boats, locked by people traffickers below deck while trying to escape their homeland.
Children from Central America die of thirst in the desert, trying to cross into the US.
Some of these refugees are escaping persecution or warfare back home. Others are fleeing from gang violence, or simply searching for a better life. And some have seen their lands degraded by climate change and their livelihoods threatened by floods or drought.
A new report produced by the UK-based Ethical Journalism Network (EJN), and partly authored by journalists from the Climate News Network, concludes that much needs to be improved in the way the world’s media reports on migration issues.
Moving Stories
The report, “Moving Stories”, reviews media coverage of migration in the European Union and in 14 countries across the globe. It is published to coincide with today’s UN International Migrants Day
In Nepal, more than 10% of the population – mostly young men – have migrated over the past 20 years. Most come from mountain villages and go to work on building sites in the Gulf states and elsewhere. Unused to the hot conditions, many have died. But the media in Nepal, says the EJN, lacks the resources to properly investigate such stories.
Refugees from The Gambia, in West Africa, escape repression and poverty at home and make what’s called “the backway” journey across the Sahara to Libya, before falling prey to people traffickers and climbing on to rickety boats to cross the Mediterranean. Again, many die in the process.
But the media in The Gambia is tightly controlled, says the EJN report, and there is little official sympathy for those who choose to leave.
Climate change is not the primary reason these people are on the move, yet it is often a contributing factor.
Official indifference to a severe drought in Syria led to farmers’ protests against the regime in Damascus, which then − as other factors came into play − escalated into full-blown civil war. That, in turn, has led to hundreds of thousands of Syrian refugees seeking a new life in Europe and elsewhere.
“The migrant crisis is not going to go away,” the report says. “The impact of widespread climate change and growing inequality is likely to exacerbate it in the years ahead.”
In China and in India, millions are involved in internal migratory movements. Over the last 35 years, nearly 200 million people in China have moved from rural to urban areas – the biggest movement of people in such a short timespan in history.
Crucial role
More than 50% of the world’s population now lives in cities, and the numbers are rising by the day. Cities, and how they are managed, will play a crucial role in how people adapt to climate change.
The media, says the EJN, usually gives only scant attention to such issues in its migration coverage. Reporting is often sensational or – influenced by rightwing and increasingly xenophobic political forces in many countries – talks loosely of the “threat” of migration and the supposed danger it poses to national identity and economic well-being.
A senior British politician, Lord Ashdown, warned recently that the migration the world is seeing now is merely a rehearsal for the future – unless climate change is tackled effectively.
The EJN says the world – and its media – has to understand that migration, both within countries and across borders, is an unstoppable process.
“No amount of razor wire or no matter how high walls are built, desperate migrants will find a way through. People will still flock to cities, drawn by the hope of a better life.”
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Thousands of people – old, young and babies – struggle to reach the coasts of Europe, many dying en route.In south-east Asia, dozens of Rohingya refugees from Burma suffocate on packed boats, locked by people traffickers below deck while trying to escape their homeland.Children from Central America die of thirst in the desert, trying to cross into the US.Some of these refugees are escaping persecution or warfare back home. Others are fleeing from gang violence, or simply searching for a better life. And some have seen their lands degraded by climate change and their livelihoods threatened by floods or drought.A new report produced by the UK-based Ethical Journalism Network (EJN), and partly authored by journalists from the Climate News Network, concludes that much needs to be improved in the way the world’s media reports on migration issues.Moving StoriesThe report, “Moving Stories”, reviews media coverage of migration in the European Union and in 14 countries across the globe. It is published to coincide with today’s UN International Migrants DayIn Nepal, more than 10% of the population – mostly young men – have migrated over the past 20 years. Most come from mountain villages and go to work on building sites in the Gulf states and elsewhere. Unused to the hot conditions, many have died. But the media in Nepal, says the EJN, lacks the resources to properly investigate such stories.西アフリカのガンビアからの避難者は抑圧と貧困自宅を脱出し、「バックウェイ」旅と呼ばれるリビア人の人身売買の餌食に陥ると地中海を横断する壊れそうなボートに登る前にサハラ砂漠を横断します。また、多くはプロセスで死にます。しかし、ガンビアのメディアは厳重、EJN の報告によれば、去ることを選ぶ人のため少し公式の同情があります。気候変動は、これらの人々 が、移動している主な理由ではないまだそれは要因で、しばしば。シリアの深刻な干ばつに公式の無関心は本格的な内戦にエスカレート プレイ − に入って来たその後、その他の要因として −、ダマスカスで政権に対する農民の抗議をもたらした。それはターンでは、ヨーロッパと他の場所で新しい生活を求めてシリア難民数千人の何百もにつながっています。「離れて行くは、出稼ぎの危機を行かない」レポートは言います。「広範囲にわたる気候変化と格差拡大の影響は今後数年で悪化する可能性が高い.」中国とインドでは、内部の移住性の動きの何百万人が関与しています。最後の 35 年にわたって中国のほぼ 2 億の人々 は都市-の歴史のような短い時間の人々 の最大の動きに農村から移動しました。重要な役割今の世界の人口の 50% 以上が都市に住んでいるし、数字が日ごとに上昇します。都市、および管理方法、人々 が気候変動に適応する方法で重要な役割を果たすでしょう。メディアは通常、移行、その範囲でこのような問題にのみわずかな注意を与える、EJN は言います。報告が多い扇情的なまたは -右派との多くの国-国家的アイデンティティと経済的な福利を移行とそれをもたらすはずの危険の「脅威」の疎協議でますます外国人嫌いの政治勢力の影響を受け。年長のイギリスの政治家、主アシュダウン最近世界を見て移行が今未来のリハーサルだけである場合を除き警告気候変動が効果的に取り組んでいます。EJN は、世界- とそのメディア-移行、国内外は国境を越えては止められないプロセスであることを理解するいると言います。"ない金額を有刺鉄線または壁をつくり、どのように高いに関係なく、絶望的な移民方法を見つけるだろうから。人々 がまだ群れ都市より良い生活の希望によって描画する。"
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