This paper aims to cast light on contemporary migration rhetoric by integrating historical
discourse analysis. I focus on continuity and change in conventionalised metaphorical …

While the issue of migration has heavily impacted on public debates in the Global North,
much less is known about coverage of migration in the Global South. This pilot study sets out …

With a focus on the post‐2015 period in the western and northern regions of Europe, the
research examined here shows prominent media discourses of othering, threat and …

Employing Steen's three-dimensional model of metaphor analysis (2008; 2011), the paper
examines DANGEROUS WATERS metaphors used in the US, British and Bosnian …

In 2015, during the so-called “refugee crisis” in Europe, Finland was among the European
countries receiving exceptionally large numbers of asylum applications. As the volume of …

Fluid metaphors describing “floods of migrants” or an “influx of migrant workers” are often
used by journalists, politicians, and scholars to describe migration processes. While …

The article focuses on Enoch Powell's “Rivers of Blood” speech and its recontextualisation
50 years later in view of the rising anti-immigration sentiment and Brexit campaign. Having …

An increased number of refugees entering Germany between 2015 and 2017 has resulted
in a fierce political debate on the potentials and dangers of increased immigration and the …

Political parties have incentives to appeal to diverse voters to maximize support. This study
examines the effect of politicians exploiting dogwhistles—expressions that convey hidden …

Metaphors move—and displace—people. This paper starts from this premise, focusing on
how elites have deployed metaphors of water and waste to form a rhetorical consensus …