Migrant

• Survey data shows that 62% of all respondents report experiencing explicit discrimination when seeking healthcare and 77% reported a lack of trust in health systems.
• The data also shows that explicit discrimination, lack of trust and the digital divide are more pronounced among non-white, LGBTQAI+ and immigrant communities.
• This data will inform academic curricular, intersectoral initiatives and business strategies that help advance health equity."
• Topline data also shows – at the community level – gender, race/ethnicity, LGBTQIA+ and immigration status are palpable social determinants of health equity, and lived experiences differ among specific communities and countries.

• There were an estimated 750 people on board, 70 were confirmed to have died and only 104 were rescued from the wreckage – leaving many unaccounted for.
• In March, another shipwreck, this time off Italy, left nearly 100 people dead.
• The figures, driven in part by the war in Ukraine, even exceed those during the Mediterranean refugee crisis between 2015 and 2016.

Migration in Southern Europe

• As has been the case this year with the shipwrecks referred to above, the focus of this crisis was in southern Europe.
• In June of that year, in Spain, the arrival of the Aquarius boat marked a turning point.
• One of the demands made by these countries, and which is precisely behind the declaration of a migration emergency in Italy, is the need for migration management at the European level, as the burden of managing arrivals falls almost exclusively on the national authorities, when it is a European challenge.

Hate in the media

• But the phenomenon of racism and rejection of migrants is very complex, and is often related to the representation of these people in the media.
• This project has recently resulted in a book, entitled Migrants and Refugees in Southern Europe Beyond the News Stories: Photographs, Hate and Journalists’ Perceptions.

Observations of concern

• It was found that mainstream media in Mediterranean countries are dominated by those frames that depict migrants as victims or as a burden.
• Moreover, negative frames (both those portraying migrants as a burden and those identifying them as a threat) have grown significantly between 2014 and 2019.
• Although the pattern is shared across the three countries, it is the Greek media that make a substantially more negative representation of migration through their frames.

How to reverse this situation

In order to achieve a more humane representation of migration in the media, we propose three strategies:
• This is necessary to tell the whole story, so as not to limit migrants to a mass in front of our borders.
• David Blanco-Herrero receives funding from the Ministry of Universities under the FPU programme (ref.

• In the first phase of the campaign, WorldRemit is showcasing the impact of 15 UK-based migrants, all of whom are making a material impact in the UK, as well as in their countries of origin.
• Their stories can be found on worldremit.com/im-migrant as well as on national and regional media throughout the UK this summer.
• Beyond economic contributions, British society and culture benefit from the impact migrants have every day.
• WorldRemit is committed to championing and enabling the incredible contributions migrants make around the world.

• 2022 UNODC global report on trafficking in persons - presentation - 25.04.23
  On Tuesday, April 25, the LIBE and FEMM Committees will hold discussions on the UNODC report on Trafficking in Persons.
• During this joint meeting, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will present the "2022 Global Report on Trafficking in Persons: Crises Shift Trafficking Patterns and Hinder Victim Identification."
• Mr. Ilias Chatzis, Head of the Human Trafficking and Migrant Smuggling Section, and Mr. Fabrizio Sarrica, Team Leader of the Research and Trend Analysis Branch, will be the presenters.
• An exchange of views will take place to prepare for upcoming parliamentary work on the proposed Directive by the Commission amending Directive 2011/36/EU on Preventing and Combating Trafficking in Human Beings and Protecting Its Victims.