Refugee representation in Lithuanian online media: sub-report

Abstract

From 2011, more than 6.7 million people were forced to leave Syria because of civil war (UNHCR, 2019). Hostile living conditions and unclear legal status of refugees in neighbouring countries encouraged thousands of Syrians to look for refuge in Europe. The question of refugees in Europe has become a complicated issue with misinformation about them and their integration to European countries. There are a few challenging questions for researchers as to where and how to draw the line between economic, security and integration issues in the context of the refugee crisis in Europe as well as Lithuania; the positioning of this line, the factors and experiences that come to be associated with different categories that shape our understanding about arriving refugees in the countries.