Migration Narratives in Europe: Through conversations on public social media

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Friedrich Ebert Stiftung commissioned Bakamo Public to conduct social media listening on the discussion
around migration in 28 member states of the European Union.

This research defines the term migrants as "people living and working outside their country of origin."*
Using this definition, the study analyzed posts and comments published within 28 EU member states on
public social media from 31 July 2017 until 1 August 2018.

The goal of the analysis was to identify Pan-European migration narratives: thematic topics that appear in
all EU member state discussions concerning migration. We aimed to compare the size of these narratives in
each country and identify regional similarities.

The research analyzed the influence of European and domestic politics on the local migration discourse,
and identified key conversation channels and overall tone of discussion for each country.

 

*Source: https://www.hrw.org/topic/migrants