France 24 treated Arab refugees as an indistinct monolith tied to far-right rhetoric.

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The racial juxtaposition could not be any clearer and is often highlighted by the very media outlets that make human appeals for Ukrainian refugees. While Syrian and Afghan refugees languished between statelessness and media silence, outlets like France 24 mentioned them only in relation to the far-right populism sweeping the nation. In the midst of the Ukrainian refugee crisis, the French news outlet finally ran a story that involved “Arab refugees.” However, it did not specify which ones, nor did it extend the journalistic care or humanizing storytelling bestowed on Ukrainian refugees. Rather, it referred to them as an indistinguishable monolith, tethered to the hateful voice of far-right presidential candidate Eric Zemmour, who said, “If they [Ukrainian refugees] have ties to France, if they have family in France … let’s give them visas.” — Khaled A. Beydoun, The New Crusades_ Islamophobia and the…, 1198

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