The arrival of refugees to Europe increased dramatically in 2015. This situation produced polarized responses across the European Union and caused intensive media attention and public debate. This study investigates claim-making on the so-called refugee crisis in the public sphere in three countries: Austria, the Czech Republic and Slovakia. It asks who shaped the discourse on the crisis in national public realms, how the discourse took shape and to what degree a common European discourse would emerge. Actors’ positions and claims in the mediated discourse during the first peak of the crisis between August and October 2015 are examined, drawing on an analysis of 3,226 claims in a cross-country comparison. Results indicate institutionalization and shift between security–humanitarian discourses and balanced threat–victim-framing. The findings suggest that the debate was confined to national public spheres, but with first signs of a common European discourse. This study contributes to the literature on representation of migration in the media in a cross-national perspective within the context of the recent crisis.

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声称危机：调解关于奥地利、捷克共和国和斯洛伐克难民危机的公共辩论

2015 年，抵达欧洲的难民急剧增加。这种情况在整个欧盟引起了两极分化的反应，并引起了媒体的强烈关注和公众辩论。本研究调查了三个国家（奥地利、捷克共和国和斯洛伐克）在公共领域就所谓的难民危机提出的索赔。它询问谁塑造了关于国家公共领域危机的话语，话语是如何形成的，以及在何种程度上会出现一种共同的欧洲话语。通过对跨国比较中 3,226 项索赔的分析，研究人员在 2015 年 8 月至 10 月危机的第一个高峰期间在调解话语中的立场和主张。结果表明安全-人道主义话语和平衡的威胁-受害者-框架之间的制度化和转变。调查结果表明，辩论仅限于国家公共领域，但初步出现了欧洲共同话语的迹象。本研究有助于在最近的危机背景下，以跨国视角对媒体中关于移民代表的文献做出贡献。