Editorial Cartoons & Immigration
Team Member Name: Lyssa Wanner
Publication:
Date: October 24, 2015
Cartoonist: Paresh Nath U.S./International
Title of cartoon: Illegal EU Migration
Cartoon #: 1
What action is taking place in the cartoon?
Illegal immigrants from surrounding countries are coming over to Europe. In this cartoon there is a sign that says ‘WELCOME TO EU’. The government is not acting or preventing them in any way from coming over. If they are, they are depicted as small insignificant soldiers, that even if the illegal immigrants came over, and walked right in, they would not do anything about it.
What is the context?
One of the symbols in the cartoon would be how the immigrant is depicted in this cartoon. They are GIANT compared to the military and can/do do whatever they please. They waltz right in and come through the quote on quote thick wall. In this case, the animated immigrant jumps over the wall that they had built, because he was big enough to jump over it. The military on the other hand, are depicted as small little soldiers, which the immigrant could squash. There are sweat drops that are coming from military, showing that they are worried and afraid of the immigrant.
Tone of the cartoon:
1) negative framing of the issue
2) framing is supportive to supporters
3) framing is opposed to opponents
What “reality” is constructed/framed about your issue?
The reality that is being framed here, in this cartoon, is that the illegal migrants that come from various other countries around the world, are represented in a way that makes it look like they can get away with anything they want. The military is there trying to protect their country, but are surprised to find that the migrant(s) is so large. They are unprepared and not ready to handle the issue of them coming over.
There is also the sign that says WELCOME TO EU and the immigrant that jumped over the wall says “That sign attracted me.” It is almost like EU wants the migrants to come over. Hence why they are coming.
Analysis:
The EU countries are: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Republic of Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the UK. These are the countries that have been having problems with illegal immigration. As of this year, 2015 More than 700,000 migrants are estimated to have arrived by sea so far this year, according to the International Organization for Migration (IOM), but exact numbers are unclear as some may have passed through borders undetected. (BBC, 15)
According to Leo Mckinstry, a journalist from Britain, He said that “it is estimated that more than 480,000 migrants have crossed to Europe by sea this year, with a rate of arrivals now reaching 6,000 a day, most of them Muslims from Africa, the Middle East, and Asia. (Mckinstry, 15)
There are a few types of symbolism in this cartoon. We see the character that is the illegal immigrant largely exaggerated as being GIANT compared to the EU military. Which is depicted as the tiny soldier that is scared of them. That is also where the labeling is found. The Irony of this whole situation is that it is inflated and there taking precautionary measures to prevent such a huge amount of migration, but there are not sufficient. It could also be such an influx of people, but that the military is not able to handle such a large influx.
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Team Member Name: Lyssa Wanner
Publication:
Date: October 24, 2013
Cartoonist: Emad Hajjaj
U.S. or International: International
Title of cartoon: Illegal Immigration to EU
Cartoon #: 2
What action is taking place in the cartoon?
In this cartoon, the immigrants are going over by boat to EU. The captain steering the boat is the grim reaper. His sickle is the rudder that controls where the boat is going. With the influx of migrants going to EU, this depiction of the migrants make it look like they are going to their death if they go towards EU. Because 1- they might not survive the trip there and 2- they might not survive once they get there.
What is the context?
It was quite dangerous to go across to EU by sea. According to the Economist Blog, “ANOTHER day, another grim statistic. On September 2nd a three-year-old boy was found drowned on a beach in Turkey after a boat carrying migrants capsized in a failed attempt to reach the Greek island of Kos. The boy, from Kobane in northern Syria, died along with his 5-year-old brother and their mother. Their father survived; a further nine people did not. So far more than 2,600 migrants are known to have died crossing the Mediterranean Sea to reach Europe in 2015, according to the International Organization for Migration. (The data team, 2015)
This year 350,000 migrants have arrived in Europe by sea compared with 219,000 during the whole of 2014, itself a record year. Greece alone has seen 234,000 people land on its shores, compared with 35,000 in 2014. (The data team, 2015)
Authorities are struggling to cope as most people cross to a handful of small islands situated kilometers from the Turkish coast. Some 23,000 have arrived in the past week, 50% more than the previous week. The majority of recent migrants are fleeing from Syria and Afghanistan. Most people will journey further north to seek asylum in countries like Germany, which accepts most asylum-seekers in total, and Sweden, which takes in most as a share of its own population. Germany expects at least 800,000 asylum-seekers this year compared with 173,000 in 2014.
Tone of the cartoon:
1) negative framing of the issue
2) framing is opposed to supporters
3) framing is opposed to opponents
What “reality” is constructed/framed about your issue?
After looking at this cartoon and analyzing it, the cartoonist wants you to believe that migrating is dangerous in and of itself. Those that do choose to migrate based on different reasons choose to take that risk. Thousands lose their lives each year by migrating over seas. It’s not a wonder that the grim reaper is the one that is depicted as being the one that is taking them from their homeland to the foreign land of EU.
Analysis
One of the symbols is the symbol of the grim reaper. In the world today, the grim reaper is the persona of death. That is what people think death looks like, implying that they are being taken to their death. Another symbol is that of the immigrants in the boat. They are hooded in dark coats and it’s like they are being hidden to go into EU. The exaggerated part about this cartoon is that the grim reaper is huge compared to the migrants on the boat. He is portrayed as a big scary figure of death that the people fear. The irony of this cartoon is that the trek over seas to a foreign country is dangerous. And this cartoon has no problem getting that point across.
The depiction of this cartoon is a little on the dark side. According to The Telegraph it states that “Some 473,887 people reached Europe by sea in 2015 (including the first two and a half weeks of September), according to the International Organization for Migration. The figure is drawn from national coast guard sources. They included 349,000 people to Greece; 121,000 to Italy; 100 people to Malta and 2,819 to Spain. Some 2,812 people died at sea during that period, of which 2,820 were in the sea off Italy. Of the total taking the sea route, 182,000 were Syrians, or just under 40 per cent.” (Holehouse, 15)
Approximately 2,500 refugees and migrants are believed to have died or gone missing trying to reach Europe this year alone, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) said in a briefing Friday. These estimates did not include the latest Libyan boat. (CNBC, 15)
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Team Member Name: Lyssa Wanner
Publication: Cagle Cartoons
Date: August 24, 2015
Cartoonist: Paresh Nath U.S./International
Title of cartoon: Mass Migration
Cartoon #: 3
What action is taking place in the cartoon?
In this cartoon the refugees are portrayed as the waves of the ocean. They are coming into EU as a force to be reckoned with. They cannot be stopped and they are coming in thousands. The waves are big enough that they are even going over the wall that EU had up to stop them from coming into EU. The police on the sand, have signs that say “Relocation scheme, build high wall, and send asylum seekers home” while some men across from them that are police as well are saying “a new approach to the problem is on the cards” Basically that is saying that the things they need to fix and implement are things that they are already aware of. One of the men in blue has a rifle with a scope on it, but as the wave is coming, he is trembling. It's almost like he is scared.
What is the context?
With all of the issues going on in the world especially in Syria and surrounding countries, refugee counts and immigration numbers have been at an all time high! In this cartoon the refugees are portrayed as the waves of the ocean. They are coming into EU as a force to be reckoned with. They cannot be stopped and they are coming in thousands. The waves are big enough that they are even going over the wall that EU had up to stop them from coming into EU. The police on the sand, have signs that say “Relocation scheme, build high wall, and send asylum seekers home” while some men across from them, that are police, as well are saying “a new approach to the problem is on the cards” Basically that is saying that the things they need to fix and implement are things that they are already aware of. One of the men in blue has a rifle
with a scope on it, but as the wave is coming, he is trembling. It's almost like he is scared.
Tone of the cartoon:
1) negative framing of the issue
2) framing is opposed to supporters
3) framing is supportive of opponents
What “reality” is constructed/framed about your issue?
The cartoonist wants you to believe that there are so many refugees coming in from all over the world that it cannot be stopped or resolved. Simply put, this is a wave of asylum seekers. According to the dictionary, the definition of an asylum-seeker is “a person who from fear or persecution for reasons of race, religion, social group, or political opinion, has crossed an international frontier into a country in which he or she hopes to be granted refugee status.” Another definition was “a person who has left their home country as a political refugee and is seeking asylum in another." Furthermore, the cartoonist wants to portray that any ideas that people and politicians may have to stop the influx of these asylum seekers are too small a solution to compensate for the mass amount of immigrants.
Analysis:
In this cartoon, artist Nath uses labeling to identify that he is depicting the immigrants coming into Europe. They are labeled as "mass immigration", with the wall they are flooding being labeled as "EU." "New approaches" to resolving the problem are also labeled on cards being held up by men looking frightened. They are a symbol of European authorities not knowing what to do with the onslaught of immigrants coming in primarily from the Middle East, which is symbolized by a wave.
The refugees are coming in by waves and waves of people. The countries of Europe are being flooded and there are only so many people they can and or willing to help. They can only do so much with what they have. Then with the crisis's happening in Syria and even in Europe with the immigration crisis. The ideas that the EU has and have been implementing have not been working. The ideas that were presented in the cartoon were implemented and have not worked, because of the mass amount of migrants coming in.
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Team Member Name: Lyssa Wanner
Publication: Date: September 5, 2015
Cartoonist: Paresh Nath
U.S./International: U.S.
Title of cartoon: Europe and baby refugee
Cartoon#: 4
What action is taking place in the cartoon?
This cartoon shows a man watching news coverage of a young boy washed up on shore with his face in the water. A newspaper is on the chair to make the cartoon recognizable as speaking on the refugee crisis of those being washed into europe. He is sobbing, and yet his door is shut, barred, and locked with several locks, implying that as upset as Europe is about the issue, they're staying away from it.
What is the context?
A few months ago on September 5, 2015 a young boy's body was found by the police. The body
washed up on the beach in Turkey. The boy's name was Alan Kurdi, he was 3 years old. His
mother, father, and his littler brother were on their way, by boat to Turkey. Their destination
would've been in Vancouver where the boy's aunt resides. Unfortunately, the only one to survive
was Alan's father Abdullah. (Gunter,)
One of the symbols in this cartoon, is the political figure sitting on the couch, Jean Claude
Juncker. He is crying and sharing his emotions with the rest of the world because of the death of
the little boy Alan. The locks on the door are exaggerated. He has lots of them and is trying to
keep everyone else out.
In this cartoon, one of the political heads of the EU is found sitting down in a VERY secure,
locked up room. Obviously where no one could disturb him. He is found on the couch crying,
while he is watching the news on the television about little Alan who was washed up on the
beach. There is also a newspaper on the chair that reads “Refugee Crisis”.
Approximately 2,500 refugees and migrants are believed to have died or gone missing trying to
reach Europe this year alone, a spokesperson for the United Nations High Commissioner for
Refugees (UNHCR) said. (CNBC, 15)
Tone of the cartoon:
1)negative framing of the issue
2) framing is supportive to supporters
3) framing is opposed to opponents
What “reality” is constructed/framed about the issue?
Journalist Peter Bouckhaert was the one that took the picture of the body of Alan Kurdi, washed up on the beach in Turkey. He decided to post that picture on twitter. It went viral and made quite
an impact on all who saw it. Some 2,000 drivers drove into Hungary that same time frame and reached out to those refugees. They pickedthem up and helped them get to where they were
trying to go. Heart wrenching stories like this one, makes you take astep back and realize that we are all human beings and we all need to be cared for and treated as such. (Bouckhaert, 15)
According to Reuters top news, the migrant, refugee level to Europe has been matched to all of 2014 in just that one month.
Having something like this happen, it made all of the people that live in the EU, come back to their senses. They started to reach out more, because of the tragedy that had happened. The cartoonist wants you to believe that the matter of the refugees is not something that people
should take lightly. It is something that tugs at the heartstrings of people and helps all of those that are affected by it see what they can do to help.
Analysis:
There are so many refugees from countries surrounding Europe, especially from Syria right now, trying to come over to Europe to find refuge and seek asylum. They are trying to better their
lives. For themselves and their families. In the Kurdi's case, they were trying to make it to Vancouver, but their boat capsized and only the father survived. That was even after he tried
saving his family from their fateful deaths.
The artist uses labeling in order to make the cartoon recognizable as this specific news story. He uses exaggeration as well in showing the Prime Minister with his door completely bolted. The Prime Minister doesn't actually do this of course, but it is drawn to show his unwillingness to face such devastating issues head on.
(Nath, 2015)
(Hajjaj, 2013)
(Nath, 2015)
(Nath, 2015)