Echoes of Empire: racism and historical amnesia in the British media coverage of migration
Journal: Humanities and Social Sciences Communications
Year: 2022

Abstract This paper looks at how the British media addressed the issue of migration in Europe between 2015 and 2018, four years when the topic was high on news and political agendas, due to the so-called ‘refugee crisis’ and the UK’s debate on Britain’s relationship with the European Union and free movement of people. Based on a sample of 400 articles from two national newspapers, The Guardian and The Times , the paper compares the content and discourse between the left-wing and right-wing press