Migration & Borders

Coverage volume, last 90 days

Coverage tone, last 90 days

Emotional signature

Anxiety-related words per 1,000 words of matching English-language coverage (LIWC dictionaries via GDELT's GCAM). Latest day: 0 anxiety · 0 anger · 8.5 positive emotion. Tone says whether coverage reads negative; these say what kind of negative.

Where this coverage comes from

Share of matching coverage, from GDELT breakdowns (as of 2026-10-03). Tone split: 100% of articles read distinctly negative, 0% distinctly positive.

In focus by country

• Spain (158)
• Morocco (104)
• United States (82)
• United Kingdom (46)
• France (39)
• Italy (26)
• South Africa (13)

Countries where Migration & Borders coverage concentrates — each links to the stories and headlines for that intersection.

Reader interest (Wikipedia)

Daily human pageviews of the topic's English Wikipedia article (Wikimedia Analytics). Coverage measures what the press supplies; this measures what readers seek out. Week-over-week: coverage +17.0%, reader interest -12.3% — supply and demand are diverging.

Top recent articles

1. 35 Afghan, Iraqi migrants detained near Belarus border — thefrontierpost.com
2. Lithuania Detains 35 Afghan and Iraqi Migrants After Belarus Border Crossing — khaama.com
3. 35 Afghan, Iraqi migrants detained near Belarus border — pajhwok.com
4. Major European nation begs EU to halt asylum claims after 70k border crisis — aol.co.uk
5. Major European nation begs EU to halt asylum claims after 70k border crisis — express.co.uk
6. Lithuanian border guards detain 35 migrants from Belarus — delfi.lt
7. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Daily Press — dailypress.com
8. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – San Diego Union-Tribune — sandiegouniontribune.com
9. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Orlando Sentinel — orlandosentinel.com
10. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – The Virginian-Pilot — pilotonline.com
11. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Boston Herald — bostonherald.com
12. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Wilkes-Barre Citizens' Voice — citizensvoice.com
13. Migrants describe violent deportation flight from U.S. — flcourier.com
14. 'I'd rather die here than in Africa': Migrants describe violent deportation flight – Loveland Reporter-Herald — reporterherald.com
15. Listen : Are EU countries allowed to bring back border controls whenever they want ? — euobserver.com
16. Granica z nowymi zasadami . Wchodzą zmiany na przejściach granicznych — portalsamorzadowy.pl
17. Россия и Беларусь наладили схему переправки мигрантов в Евросоюз : какие страны под угрозой — unian.net
18. Europe Housing Crisis Is An Immigration Crisis , Berlin Data Confirms — zerohedge.com
19. Greece pushes EU to suspend asylum during mass migration surges — aljazeera.com
20. Greece invokes Ceuta crisis in call for EU asylum suspension — middle-east-online.com
21. Η ΕΕ δηλώνει ότι εξετάζει την αποδέσμευση πετρελαϊκών αποθεμάτων υπό την πίεση των ΗΠΑ — gr.euronews.com
22. Migranții , noua armă a Rusiei împotriva Europei : Sunt aduși cu avionul din Orientul Mijlociu și Africa și trimiși spre granițele UE — antena3.ro
23. HRW alerta que ocho nicaragüenses despojados de su nacionalidad afrontan riesgo de deportación en Estados Unidos — prensalibre.com
24. Κυβέρνηση - ΕΕ : Νέα εργαλεία για ένταση της καταστολής και « θωράκιση » των συνόρων — 902.gr
25. Į Lietuvą brovėsi 35 migrantai – jų paieškai pasieniečiai pasitelkė sraigtasparnį ir tarnybinius šunis — delfi.lt
26. Otvaraju lažne firme u BiH kako bi migrantima osigurali radne vize — oslobodjenje.ba
27. Greece pushes EU to suspend asylum during mass migration surges - Dominican Republic Post – Caribbean News , Business , Travel & Culture — dominicanrepublicpost.com
28. Burnham Labour in crisis as ministers accused of migrant cover - up | Politics | News — express.co.uk
29. ЕС намерен рассматривать искусственно вызванную миграцию как угрозу — ria.ru
30. Dramatiškų gaudynių operacija : dėl 35 į Lietuvą patekusių migrantų – sraigtasparnis ir tarnybiniai šunys — lrytas.lt
31. Andy Burnham Labour in crisis as ministers accused of migrant crime cover - up — aol.co.uk
32. Today in Sweden : A roundup of the latest news on Friday — thelocal.se
33. Welcoming immigrants while securing our border — baptistnews.com
34. Do not become numb to the cruelty of this administration — baptistnews.com
35. Macron Says Immigration Is More Complicated Than Before While Calling Brexit Biggest Lie in 30 Years — ibtimes.co.uk
36. El río que pone a prueba una de las mayores migraciones animales del planeta — lavanguardia.com
37. HRW denuncia detenciones y riesgo de deportación de exiliados nicaragüenses despojados de su nacionalidad en EEUU — notimerica.com
38. HRW denuncia detenciones y riesgo de deportación de exiliados nicaragüenses despojados de su nacionalidad en EEUU — europapress.es
39. Demografía , miseria , migraciones , Ceuta , Melilla y más … — infolibre.es
40. Kontrole na granicach z Niemcami i Litwą przedłużone . Padła konkretna data — wiadomosci.dziennik.pl

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Related fact-checks

• Not a single small boat crossed the Channel before the Brexit referendum in June 2016.
  False. While small boat arrivals have increased significantly over the last decade, there are documented examples of clandestine migration by small boat before the referendum.Full Fact · 2026-09-25

Via the Google Fact Check Tools API; ratings are the fact-checkers' own.

Frequently asked questions

How much news coverage is Migration & Borders receiving right now?

As of October 3, 2026, coverage matching this topic makes up 0.002% of all articles GDELT monitors worldwide, roughly 3 articles per day.

Is media coverage of Migration & Borders increasing or decreasing?

Coverage is up 17.0% week-over-week (the mean of the latest 7 days compared with the 7 days before).

What is the tone of news coverage about Migration & Borders?

The average GDELT tone of matching coverage is -5.76, which reads as strongly negative. Tone typically ranges from about -10 (very negative) to +10 (very positive).

How are these numbers measured?

Geotone processes the GDELT Project's 15-minute data files every three hours, matching this topic's fixed query against article titles across 65+ languages and aggregating counts and tone by UTC day. Coverage volume is the share of all GDELT-monitored articles matching the topic query; tone is the mean document tone. Full details are on the methodology page.