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Reporting Refugee and Asylum Issues

In a press release in 2003 , UNHCR noted that hostile and alarmist media coverage of asylum and refugees undermines the lives of those who have had to flee persecution, usually from countries where there is no free press, rather than inform any legitimate public debate on these issues.

This section of the website contains resources, including guidance for journalists issued by the UNHCR in conjunction with the NUJ and the Presswise Trust, to help the media report asylum issues fairly and accurately.

Guidance for journalists

In order to help the media report asylum issues fairly and accurately, UNHCR in co-operation with the National Union of Journalists and the Presswise Trust, has published a guidance leaflet for journalists.

 

Refugee myths: fact or fiction?

Refugee myths: fact or fiction?

Refugees have fled to virtually every country in the world. They are often in the headlines, yet the realities of their lives are regularly misunderstood. So what are the facts behind the headlines?

Refugees, Asylum-seekers and the Media Project

Promoting best practice in media representation of refugee and asylum issues.

 

 

Press releases

Current and archived press releases from UNHCR London.


 




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