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1 STEREOTYPES PERPETUATED IN THE MEDIA OF REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS Kristina Murfitt

2 OUR VIEWS OF ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES ARE LARGELY INFLUENCED BY THE MEDIA

3 WE ARE SHOWN: BOAT PEOPLE INSTEAD OF REAL PEOPLE

4 ILLEGAL IT IS NOT ILLEGAL TO SEEK ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIA INSTEAD OF LEGAL

5 QUEUE JUMPERS RATHER THAN GENUINE ASYLUM SEEKERS FLEEING PERSECUTION

6 TERRORISTS & CRIMINALS

7 SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE WHAT THEY SEE AND ACT ON THEIR BELIEFS RACISM DISCRIMINATION

8 EDUCATION IS THE FIRST STEP IN STOPPING THESE STEREOTYPES

9 CAMPAIGNS CAN HELP TO DITCH THE STEREOTYPES

10 AS WELL AS PROTESTS AND ACTION TO CHANGE GOVERNMENT REFORM

11 TO HELP GIVE A TO THE FACE FACELESS

12 REFERENCES  Articles from Sydney’s Daily Telegraph 2012, Theantibogan, 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

13  Go Back To Where You Came From 2012, Council of Churches WA, viewed 4 June 2015,  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

14  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.  Scott Brown 2009, afraidTriptych01, June via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 Generic license.  Harry (Howard) Potts 2010, Innocent Asylum – 2006, 12 May via Flickr, Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.  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.

15  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,


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