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DW Akademie Dossier Flucht und Migration
Kakuma, Kenya | Media Development

"A Universe full of stories"

In Kenya's Kakuma refugee camp and Kalobeyei integrated settlement, residents are trained in producing audio content. Producing the program can be difficult especially for female community reporters.  Go to article

Panama Kolumbien Flücht über Darien Gap Richtung USA

Bringing a human perspective to reporting on migration

“Dialogos Itinerantes”, an initiative between DW Akademie, the Venezuelan media organization Efecto Cocuyo and the Salvadoran group El Faro, assists journalists and experts on how to report on – and humanize – migration.
A citizen journalist interview in Pakistan

Boosting refugee and migrant voices in South Asia – a path forward

Reporting about migrant and refugee matters is often overshadowed by bias and national interest. Media experts from eight countries agreed on an action plan outlining steps for improving the situation.
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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    "Media, Information, and Participation in Displacement and Migration Settings – How Free is the Media?"

    There are 2.5 million to 50 million refugees and internally displaced people in South Asia. Earlier this year, DW Akademie, the Calcutta Research Group and the Center for International Media Assistance met with journalists, academics and rights activists – all stakeholders there – to discuss the issue of reporting in displacement settings.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Babita Basnet, newspaper editor, Nepal

    Babita Basnet, an editor at a weekly newspaper in Nepal, has observed policies that ignore women and their critical need for reliable information. She says that many women in Nepal are obligated to migrate abroad for economic reasons but that poverty and cultural stigmas trail them. Media, she believes, can raise awareness and inform would-be migrants or displaced persons.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Reyaz Mohammed, journalism professor, India

    Scarce information or disinformation on displacement remains a problem, says Mohammad Reyaz, an assistant journalism professor at Aliah University, India. Muslims, he notes, who migrate within India for economic reasons or because they have been displaced due to natural disasters, are often falsely accused of being illegally in the country. The media can, and should, better explain their stories.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Zia Ur-Rehman, New York Times contributor, Pakistan

    A New York Times contributor for South Asia, Zia Ur-Rehman has observed that Pakistani media shy away from reporting on migration and displacement. Therefore most Pakistanis themselves have a limited understanding of the crisis in their country which hosts several million Afghan refugees. Stories, he says, often portray displaced persons as criminals and responsible for their own predicament.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Iqbal Khattak, journalist, Pakistan

    Iqbal Khattak founded Freedom Network, a media watchdog group, in 2013. He says that in Pakistan, mass displacement and refugee camps have been a crisis for nearly half a century, starting with the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan. For him, it is the media's job to draw attention to suffering and to investigate how the host country assists and integrates displaced people and migrants.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Khushal Asefi, Afghan journalist, Germany

    In nearly 20 years working in Afghan media, including as Ariana TV’s managing director, Khushal Asefi's work focused on his country's turbulence both during and after Taliban rule. Asefi fled Afghanistan in August 2021, and his resettlement in Germany has personalized migration's hardships. He observes that refugees often resist sharing their stories with the media, fearing arrest or deportation.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Sulochana Ramiah Mohan, editor, Sri Lanka

    Sulochana Ramiah Mohan is Ceylon Today’s deputy editor in Sri Lanka, as well as a contributor to Asahi Shimbun in Japan. She reports on international relations, migration and displacement, the climate, and social justice, among other topics. She notes that statistics on internal displacement in Sri Lanka are unreliable, though economic and political crises have forced many residents to flee.

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    The challenges of reporting on migrants and refugees in South Asia

    Dr. Lopita Nath, professor, United States

    Dr. Lopita Nath chairs the History Department and directs the Asian Studies Program at the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas. Nath focuses on migration in Asia, refugees, and human rights and serves on the Catholic Charities Refugee Advisory Board. Her current research is on Bhutanese refugee resettlement in the United States.


Kenya: "Sikika" community radio by and for refugees

A radio project in the Kakuma refugee camp turns information hierarchies upside down.

More videos

Kenya: "Sikika" community radio by and for refugees

Kenya: "Sikika" community radio by and for refugees

Burkina Faso: IDPs get concerns addressed on live radio

Burkina Faso: IDPs get concerns addressed on live radio

Pakistan Region Peshawar | Bürgerjournalisten

Citizen reporters in Pakistan seek news to help refugees

A DW Akademie initiative in Pakistan supports citizen journalists to cover underreported Afghan refugee issues.

A Rohingya refugee family in Bangladesh

In emergencies: information by the people, for the people

Local media has a crucial role to play in providing the information people urgently need in a crisis.
Publications
Bird's eye view of makeshift houses

South Asia Consultations

Media, Information, and Participation in Displacement and Migration Settings

South Asia Consultations | DW Akademie

junges Reporterteam im Flüchtlingslager Shatila im Libanon

Media, migration and displacement in the MENA region

Field studies from six countries

Media, migration and displacement in the Middle East and North Africa. An explorative study | pdf

DW Akademie | Flüchtlige | Kakuma

What information do people need in and around refugee camps?

DW Akademie published three studies conducted in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania. The findings differ greatly by location.

Behind the scenes of the refugee studies "No newspapers here"

DW Akademie | Smartphones von Flüchtlingen in Kakuma

For refugees, getting information is not easy. DW Akademie recently published three studies on the information needs of refugees and host communities in East Africa. Meet the researchers Lucy Munyi and Elijah Makau.

No newspapers here | Information needs assessments among refugees and host communities in Ethiopia, Kenya and Tanzania | pdf

DW Akademie | Straße in Kakuma in Kenia

Interview with Hannah Murphy: More than messaging

In a report published by DW Akademie humanitarian expert Hannah Murphy gives eight recommendations for communication in displacement settings. Media development could be crucial for participation and inclusion, she says.
Our projects
DW Akademie| YPSA Programm mit Geflüchteten in Cox's Bazar

“Displacement and dialogue South Asia”

DW Akademie supports information services by and for displaced people in South Asia, qualifies media practitioners and experts there and promotes dialogue with host communities.
Uganda Flüchtlingslager Bidi Bidi

"Displacement and Crisis Preparedness" project in Africa

DW Akademie promotes dialogue between population groups, aid organizations and government agencies by developing communication services in refugee camps. It also supports crisis communication networks.

Breaking barriers for Rohingya refugee women – challenges still ahead

Rohingya Sabera Bangladesch

Sabera fled Myanmar and now lives in a Rohingya refugee camp in Bangladesh. Like many women she still faces gender-based violence but has been fighting for equality – via the radio.

South Asian media: "We need to talk more with refugees and not just report about them"

Reporter Jawad Shah talking to Tibetan refugees in Kathmandu, Nepal

Millions of people in South Asia are being forced to flee or migrate from their homeland. DW Akademie invited experts from five countries to Nepal, to explore how media can help build a dialogue with those affected.

The beauty of collaboration

Art to enhance social cohesion: Angel G, a South Sudanese refugee singer, performs during Bidibidis Got Talent auditions at a refugee settlement in Northern Uganda.

Interview with Jane Okwera Angom on the Cross Border Network in Northern Uganda and South Sudan. By Antje Bauer
Past conferences

Kenya: The voices of refugees need to be heard

Kenia Kalobeyei | Taphine Otieno - Content Development Coordinator

Taphine Otieno of Sikika project works with refugees and is interested in how to tackle misinformation and rumors in those communities. He will be joining DW Akademie's barcamp on communication in displacement contexts.

Beyond the Crisis: The conference in 2019

DW Akademie brought together experts to discuss access to information and dialogue in forced migration settings.