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Migration, Communication and Activism: Experiences and Debates

Isabel Macedo, Rosa Cabecinhas, Susana de Andrés

Vol. 11 2024 | CECS | UMinho

ISSN:2184-0458

According to data from the United Nations Refugee Agency (https://pacnur.org/pt), it is estimated that there are approximately 120,000,000 people in situations of forced mobility in the world. These populations are forced to leave their regions of origin due to situations of violence, armed conflicts, persecution, systematic human rights violations and/or in response to the impacts of climate change. (…)

In the media and political discourse, the expressions “immigrants”, “ethnic minorities”, “races” are often associated, referring to the understanding of “immigrant” as someone who differs from the “norm” in racial and cultural terms. When skin color is not made explicit as a demarcation criterion, it is operationalized through images, implicitly reinforcing processes of racialization. Furthermore, not all foreigners are seen as “immigrants” and not all nationals are considered “citizens”. (…)

If, for a while, some of us were under the illusion of living in a post-colonial or post-imperial world, the way in which migration has been reported by the media agenda tends to obliterate the historical processes and inequalities that colonialism and imperialism have established, as well as the complexity of the political and environmental aspects.