This week On The Media discussed the growing issue of migrant refugees and how they are now becoming memes to either be taken as a joke or to strike fear.
Physical:With more and more refugees coming to European countries the question of their sincerity come up in a lot of concerned right politicians. They use these memes as a propaganda to get the public to be afraid of refugees and the "true" threat they have.
Psychological: Refugees who migrate to another country do hold a threat that this is just a way to get inside and create a terrorist attack. The other fear is that refugees use up most of the countries free resources creating more economic issues.
Cultural: When European countries opened up to help refugees was for just that to help. Thanks to social media memes there has been a non-stop, underlying joke. This "joking" creates another form of discrimination.
Social: When someone needs and wants help it is not to mooch but to better themselves. The European refugees who have now sought help are being ridiculed because of where they are originated by both the public and the right politicians.
Temporal: Within the past two years there has been an impressive increase in amount of refugees in Europe. The increase has scared some to want to scare others by taking what they think is a satirical approach.
When you ask for help you don't expect to be judged, but in the case of many refugees they are being judged by scared citizens and politicians. The facts are that those who use the system more are citizens themselves, and right politicians who just want things to be "safe" their way seem to forget they can still be attacked with out inside help.
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