With a view to prevention and independent assessment, it could be useful - where compatible with the national legal framework – to set up election observatories or monitoring bodies to document the media’s treatment of migration and asylum issues. When organised in an impartial and pluralistic manner, such structures may help provide factual information and comparative analyses aimed at enhancing transparency in media practices and supporting an informed public debate, without in any way interfering with editorial freedom or the legitimate diversity of political views.