Predictions for the twenty-first century stipulate that an increasing amount of people will be forced to migrate as extreme weather events become more intense and frequent due to climate change....Show morePredictions for the twenty-first century stipulate that an increasing amount of people will be forced to migrate as extreme weather events become more intense and frequent due to climate change. Despite the migratory effects of climate change already being an issue on the international agenda for numerous years, a significant amount of uncertainty on (predictions of) climate-induced migration remains. To determine whether the international policy pressure on the issue is currently acted upon, this study examines how the Dutch government frames climate-induced migration in its policies. Additionally, with several Dutch newspapers covering the issue over the last few years, the type(s) of discourse on climate-induced migration used in newspaper articles and, thereby, the influence of the media in shaping how an issue is addressed in the political arena are analysed. In order to place the findings of the Dutch policy analysis in a broader perspective, the framing of climate-induced migration in EU policy areas is investigated as well. Lastly, to provide a meaningful overall comparison, stories outlining the experiences and needs of climate migrants are analysed. The findings that result from the conducted critical discourse analysis are surprising. First, they show a lack of political influence of the media. Second, they show that both the Dutch government and the EU only acknowledge or act upon climate-induced migration to prevent the need for migration. While the climate migrant stories partly demonstrate that using migration as an adaptation strategy may be far from desirable, prevention is only the first stage of climate-induced migration. Hence, policy recommendations (to the Dutch government) to meaningfully address all stages of the growing issue are presented.Show less
This research has the goal to uncover the effects of framing on the attitude of EU citizens and residents towards climate-induced migration (CIM). Based on survey research, this experimental study...Show moreThis research has the goal to uncover the effects of framing on the attitude of EU citizens and residents towards climate-induced migration (CIM). Based on survey research, this experimental study investigates how different framings of an average family from Mozambique moving to the EU because of environmental catastrophes impacts respondents’ attitudes towards their acceptance in the EU. More precisely, it studies the effects of the human rights, and safety and security frames. As an introduction to this study, I provide a literature review to define climate-induced migration, reveal existing framings of this specific type of migration and study which characteristics of migrants influence attitudes and in what ways. This is followed by an explanation of the survey and research designs. I then analyze the data collected thanks to the survey before concluding and discussing the findings and limitations of the study. This research uncovers that framing has no effect on EU citizens’ and residents’ attitude towards climate-induced migration.Show less
