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The aim of this research was to find out how refugees and migrants were narratively constructed and represented in selected Croatian daily newspapers during the migrant crisis in 2015 and 2016. We were interested to determine whether such people were addressed in the articles as “refugees” or “migrants”, whether they were commonly portrayed as victims or as a threat, and if Croatia and the neighbouring countries were represented as a refugee-friendly or refugee-hostile country. We present the results of quantitative content analysis and narrative analysis of articles on refugees and migrants published in three of Croatia’s most read daily newspapers (Jutarnji list, Večernji list and 24 sata) in different periods during the crisis.