The ‘Migrant’ Crisis has been exploited by politicians and media outlets to fit pre-existing ideological agendas? Discuss with reference to the wider social and political history of race and migration in the UK or your chosen national context.

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There had been a lot of mediation suggesting that Angela Merkel, as a powerful figure within the EU and German leader, had instituted an ‘open door’ policy to migrants, and there were fears in the UK about ‘quotas’ of migrants being distributed by the EU. Victor Orban in Hungary capitalised on such headlines in a similar way and there have been speculations within the media about other EU member states wishing to leave the EU because of the Migrant issue.

https://www.e-ir.info/2020/05/04/grexit-and-brexit-lessons-for-the-eu/

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/10/viktor-orban-calls-anti-migration-politics-take-over-eu-matteo-salvini

https://www.express.co.uk/news/world/1011052/Italy-news-Matteo-Salvini-leave-EU-migrant-rescue-

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