As we already mentioned, the two main ways in which migrants are portrayed in mainstream media and the tabloid press is that there are either a threat to security or helpless victims who cannot speak and act for themselves. We reject these two forms of representation as well as any other for’m of ‘representation’ of migrants. ‘Migrants’ are not a homogenous group of people who can be ‘represented’ in a unifying way. The media’s reporting and unification of migrants is inadequate, wrong and degrading. The system of borders and migration politics, by means of restricting the freedom of movement, creates a group of people in the first place, which are referred to as ‘migrants’. However, this restriction is overcome by people every day, thereby regaining their humanity. Our interest lies in searching for and finding ways of solidarity which connect common struggles (…) Some of the reasons why people decided...
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