Abstract
This text analyzes the treatment of migration in the Spanish press – particularly in El País and El Mundo – during the first few months of the pandemic, focusing specifically on the arrival of undocumented migrants. The study investigates the terminology used to refer to these people, the ways in which these social events are related and, in general, the type of images and discourses projected. The methodology used is critical analysis of the discourse presented in the aforementioned national newspapers, which have high readership figures, paying close attention to matters of otherness, identity, and construction of difference. Articles from the local press have also been analyzed, due to the low number of searches located in the major newspapers considered in this study. The analysis shows that, even though undocumented migration is still conceptualized as a problem, discourses are also being generated portraying the immigrant as a victim, especially because their situation highlights the limitations and inconsistencies of the State. The crisis experienced due to Covid-19 also turns foreigners into a resource and immigration into an opportunity, in a context in which the pandemic is thought of as a time to reconfigure previous problems.
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