STEREOTYPES PERPETUATED IN THE MEDIA OF REFUGEES

AND ASYLUM SEEKERSKristina Murfitt

OUR VIEWS OF ASYLUM

SEEKERS AND REFUGEES

ARE LARGELY INFLUENCED

BY THE MEDIA

WE ARE SHOWN:BOAT PEOPLE INSTEAD OF REAL PEOPLE

ILLEGAL

IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO SEEK ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA

INSTEAD OF LEGAL

QUEUE JUMPERSRATHER THAN

GENUINE ASYLUM SEEKERS FLEEING

PERSECUTION

TERRORISTS & CRIMINALS

SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT

THEY SEE AND ACT ON THEIR BELIEFS

RACISM

DISCRIMINATION

EDUCATION IS THE FIRST STEP IN STOPPING THESE STEREOTYPES

CAMPAIGNS CAN HELP TO DITCH

THE STEREOTYPE

S

AS WELL AS PROTESTS AND ACTION TO CHANGE

GOVERNMENT REFORM

TO HELP GIVE A TO THEFACEFACELESS

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viewed 4 June 2015, <https://theantibogan.wordpress.com/2012/12/15/fanning-the-flames-of-asylum-seeker-fear/>

Asylum Seeker Resource Centre 2013, I am not who you think I am, mUmBRELLA, viewed 2 June 2015, <http://mumbrella.com.au/print-ad-aims-to-change-perceptions-of-asylum-seekers-151064 >

FACT 4 2012, muslimvillage.com, viewed 2 June 2015, <http://muslimvillage.com/2012/08/09/26316/australian-jews-blast-publishers-attack-on-asylum-seekers-muslims/ >

Shannon Morris 2015, New laws giving security guards in detention centres more power to use force have been criticised, The Sydney Morning Herald, viewed 4 June 2015, <http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/new-law-will-increase-violence-against-asylum-seekers-former-judge-20150416-1mmf56.html>

Go Back To Where You Came From 2012, Council of Churches WA, viewed 4 June 2015, <http://www.churcheswa.com.au/2012/08/go-back-to-where-you-came-from/>

Taking the Path of Realistic Compassion 2014, The Catholic Leader, viewed 4 June 2015, <http://catholicleader.com.au/analysis/taking-the-path-of-realistic-compassion#prettyPhoto>

Asylum Seekers on Boat 2013, The Starfish, viewed 6 June 2015, <http://www.thestarfish.com.au/burnside-qc-new-immigration-minister-is-dishonest-hypocrite/>

You Wont be Settled in Australia 2013, Hoopla, viewed 6 June 2015, <http://thehoopla.com.au/immigrants-immigration/>

You Will Not Make Australia Home 2014, Immigration News Today, viewed 6 June 2015, <http://immigrationnewstoday.com/australia-published-the-worlds-harshest-anti-immigration-ad>

Takver 2011, Treating Refugees as the problem is the problem - Refugee Rights Protest at Broadmeadows, Melbourne, 9 July via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.

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Takver 2013, Support the right to seek asylum - Refugee Action protest 27 July 2013 Melbourne, 27 July via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.

Miguelb 2006, No person is illegal, 6 January via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.

Takver 2013, I am a boat person - Refugee Action protest 27 July 2013 Melbourne, 27 July via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.

You Are Not Welcome Here 2015, Party for Freedom: Rally against Illegals, viewed 4 June 2015, <https://www.partyforfreedom.org.au/2015/04/14/rally-against-illegals/>

Justine Khamis 2012, Justine’s final solution, theantibogan, viewed 4 June 2015, <https://theantibogan.wordpress.com/2012/11/25/justines-final-solution/>

Tamara Wheelan 2012, theantibogan, viewed June 4 2015, <https://theantibogan.wordpress.com/2012/10/06/australia-blows-up-asylum-seeker-boat-to-prove-it-stands-against-illegal-behaviour/>