Evaluating the Ideological Stances in the speeches of British Political Leaders on the Syrian Refugees' Crisis:

Abstract

This study is an attempt to analyze the speeches of leaders of the main UK political partieson the Syrian refugees' crisis following the spread of horrific images of Syrian familiesand children facing death in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to Europe to escape theongoing war in their home country. The study applies the Appraisal Model as the mainapproach of analysis, as the researcher seeks to investigate how the Syrian refugees arerepresented in the political speeches of prominent party leaders in the UK. In addition, thestudy explores how the western values of democracy and human rights are maintained oroverlooked while dealing with the Syrian refugees escaping the war in their homeland tosome European countries and the UK. The study consists of four sections. Theintroductory one outlines the context, objective, significance and the methodology of thestudy. Section two outlines the review of literature, while section three deals with theanalysis and discussion of data, and section four presents the findings and conclusion ofthe study.