Romani migration from the Czech Republic to Canada: Czech media communication

IF 0.2 4区社会学 Q4 ANTHROPOLOGY Romani Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-01 DOI:10.3828/rost.2022.13

Z. Uherek

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Abstract:From the 1990s to the beginning of the twenty-first century, Romani migration from Central and Eastern Europe to Western countries was an important political issue that was regularly communicated in the mass media. Media attention was drawn predominantly to cases where Romani in Western countries applied for asylum. This text deals with one of the most heavily publicised cases; the migration of Romani from the Czech Republic to Canada. The text summarizes the process of these migrations, their basic characteristics, and media response in the Czech Republic. It shows the ambivalence of media exposure when, on one hand, it often struggles to act as an anti-migration element, but on the other, ranks among the triggers of migration. The text also shows that media attention, in addition to the behaviour of Romani in source and destination countries, also caused the governments of the participating countries to intensify their focus on Romani issues. The author shows that during the period when Canada imposed a visa requirement for the Czech Republic due to the number of asylum applications (1997–2013), the method of informing about Romani migrations changed significantly, becoming radicalized, and polarized. In conclusion, the author compares the method of informing about Romani migrations with the data available on Germany, Hungary, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

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罗姆人从捷克共和国移民到加拿大：捷克媒体通讯

摘要:从20世纪90年代到21世纪初，罗姆人从中欧和东欧移民到西方国家是一个重要的政治问题，经常在大众媒体上传播。媒体的注意力主要集中在西方国家的罗姆人申请庇护的案件上。本文处理的是一个最广为人知的案例;罗姆人从捷克共和国迁移到加拿大。本文概述了这些移民的过程、基本特征以及捷克共和国媒体的反应。它显示了媒体曝光的矛盾心理，一方面，它经常努力充当反移民因素，但另一方面，它是移民的触发因素之一。案文还表明，除了罗姆人在来源国和目的地国的行为外，媒体的关注也使参与国政府加强了对罗姆人问题的关注。作者指出，在加拿大因庇护申请数量多而对捷克共和国实行签证要求期间(1997-2013年)，关于罗姆人移民的通报方法发生了重大变化，变得激进和两极化。最后，作者将关于罗姆人移民的通报方法与德国、匈牙利、加拿大和联合王国的现有数据进行了比较。

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Romani Studies Social Sciences-Cultural Studies

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期刊介绍： Founded in 1888, the Journal of the Gypsy Lore Society was published in four series up to 1982. In 2000, the journal became Romani Studies. On behalf of the Gypsy Lore Society, Romani Studies features articles on many different communities which, regardless of their origins and self-appellations in various languages, have been referred to in English as Gypsies. These communities include the descendants of migrants from the Indian subcontinent which have been considered as falling into three large subdivisions, Dom, Lom, and Rom. The field has also included communities of other origins which practice, or in the past have practiced, a specific type of service nomadism. The journal publishes articles in history, anthropology, ethnography, sociology, linguistics, art, literature, folklore and music, as well as reviews of books and audiovisual materials.