Ethical and Independent Journalism… Journalism for immigrants
Friday, October 23, 2026
These films primarily focus on immigration politics, migrant labour, indigenous organizing, and extractive economies in the U.S. and Central America. Abla Kandalaft / Mydylarama* The UCLA Film Archive just announced that 7 activist documentaries that are now freely available to access and stream for students, academics, and others. […]
Their stories merge within a context of a rising xenophobia in the Western world. Theay are seven refugees who left their countries to search of safety in the United Kingdom. They survived the horrors of war and gender violence, but now face another threat: racism and xenophobia.
There is no problem with multiculturalism as such, it has existed since ancient times even though the term arose only recently. It is a necessary, and unavoidable fact of life. It has its own dynamic, and its own difficulties resulting from the interaction of different cultures.
When political and media discourse dehumanises the immigrant or obscures their reality, an alternative perspective is urgently needed. This “Special Edition on Migration” brings together independent media that address the diaspora with rigour and context. A journalistic endeavour, necessary in the face of growing anti-immigrant sentiment.
Over five years of stays in Europe, a researcher describes a growing climate of exclusion and stigmatisation of migration. She points to employment-related stereotypes, the influence of economic policies and a lack of historical awareness among young people as factors worsening the situation. Laura* was born in the Argentine […]
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