Project Report
| May 10, 2023
Xenophobia Barometer
By tomas lawrence | Project Leader
Hello everyone, thanks to the work of our entire team and the help of each of the donors, we continue working to combat xenophobia en Colombia.
REPORT: How migrant children are portrayed in the Colombian media
Save the Children, El Derecho a No Obedecer and the Xenophobia Barometer present the study "Medios de comunicación en Colombia: cómo narraron la integración, ¿qué dijeron sobre los niños y niñas migrantes?", which shows the role of the media in the creation of narratives about children and integration in Colombia.
Study reveals the importance of national and regional media in presenting content on integration in their online publications.
According to data from Migration Colombia, there are 2.47 million Venezuelans living in the country, of which 30%, or about 683,000, are under 18 years of age. Despite being a considerable population, migrant children and adolescents do not have enough spaces to express their voice and tell their stories and perspective on human mobility. This information is revealed in the study "Media in Colombia: how did they narrate integration, what did they say about migrant children?", conducted by Save the Children Colombia, El Derecho a No Obedecer, the Xenophobia Barometer and Corporación Otraparte.
The #BarometerDeXenophobia is a platform that systematizes and disseminates as public information the result of the analysis of conversations on Twitter, websites and the media about the Venezuelan migrant population in Colombia.
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Dec 7, 2022
Xenophobia Barometer in Colombia
By Tomas LAwrence | Project Leader
Hello everyone, thanks to the work of our entire team and the help of each of the donors, we continue working to combat xenophobia en Colombia.
What happened in the migration conversation in Colombia during the month of August?
The #BarometerDeXenophobia tells you
The department with the highest rate of xenophobia was Quindío, with 19%. This means that out of every 100 messages, 19 had a xenophobic or discriminatory tone. Then follow the departments of Boyacá, Valle del Cauca and Bogotá, with 17%, 14% and 13%, respectively.
As in previous months, the security category was the most relevant across all departments in the migration conversation. As for the xenophobic conversation, two peaks were found. The first, with the murder of a police officer allegedly committed by a Venezuelan migrant on August 11. That day, xenophobia messages increased by 610% compared to the average for the month. The second was on August 18, when the local authorities of Bogotá, the Colombian Attorney General's Office and Migration announced the possible creation of a joint command. The good news is that the highest peak of integration messages of the month was presented, with an increase of 2000% compared to the monthly average.
The #BarometerDeXenophobia is a platform that systematizes and disseminates as public information the result of the analysis of conversations on Twitter, websites and the media about the Venezuelan migrant population in Colombia.
Follow us on social media! You find us as @barometroxenophobia on Instagram and @BarometroX on Twitter.
We will keep you posted on developments soon so that we can keep moving forward and commenting on xenophobia in more countrys.
We are counting on you to continue fighting xenophobia.
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Aug 5, 2022
Xenophobia Barometer in Colombia
By Tomas Lawrence | Project Leader
Hello everyone, thanks to the work of our entire team and the help of each of the donors, we continue working to combat xenophobia en Colombia.
Analysis of the conversation on migration in Colombia's second round of elections
Analysis of the conversation on migration in Colombia's second round of elections
After the first round of elections held on May 29, Colombian society will have to decide on June 19 its next president between the candidates Gustavo Petro, who obtained more than 8 million votes, and Rodolfo Hernandes, who obtained more than 5 million votes. In this scenario, the conversation about the immigration policies to be applied in the coming years became more relevant due to the doubts generated by the proposals presented to date, added to the background of the people in the electoral campaign. In this document we present our analysis of the conversation on Twitter between May 1 and June 10 with the narratives on migration found, also adding the opinion of people who work directly in favor of migrants living in Colombian territory.
As main findings we found that the candidates Gustavo Petro and Rodolfo Hernández did not issue messages on migration issues from their official Twitter accounts. However, the topic was present after the voting on May 29. Past statements issued by candidate Hernandez were trending on this social network as several users criticized his xenophobic comments when he was mayor of Bucaramanga. In addition, some messages on social networks continued to use the narrative of fear that Colombia will become Venezuela to encourage voting against candidate Gustavo Petro.
Given the absence of messages from both candidates, we decided to convene specialists in migration issues and representatives of organizations that work directly in the integration of migrants to point out the policies that the next president of Colombia should promote to ensure an integration free of xenophobia and with recognition of the rights of migrants. Translated with www.DeepL.com/Translator (free version)
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