3 ECTS credits
90 u studietijd

Aanbieding 1 met studiegidsnummer 6023921EER voor alle studenten in het 1e semester met een verdiepend master niveau.

Semester
1e semester
Inschrijving onder examencontract
Mogelijk
Beoordelingsvoet
Beoordeling (0 tot 20)
2e zittijd mogelijk
Ja
Onderwijstaal
Engels
Faculteit
Faculteit Recht en Criminologie
Verantwoordelijke vakgroep
Faculteit Recht en Criminologie
Onderwijsteam
Salvatore Nicolosi (titularis)
Externe Docenten
Salvatore Nicolosi
Onderdelen en contacturen
30 contacturen Hoorcollege
6 contacturen Werkcolleges, practica en oefeningen
54 contacturen Zelfstudie en externe werkvormen
Inhoud

This course analyzes the phenomenon of migration from an international and European legal perspective and addresses the main challenges to the governance of migration policies. In particular, the course analyses the international (universal and regional) regimes on voluntary and forced migration and focuses on current challenges to the legal protection of migrants. Special attention will be paid to the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum and the reform of the Common European Asylum System - CEAS. In this regard, the course aims to explore cooperation mechanisms with third countries on border management (externalisation) and the rise of new institutional actors, such as EU migration agencies, like the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (agencification). Finally, migration will also be studied from a critical perspective as a global human phenomenon integrating methods, including Third World Approaches to International Law  - TWAIL. During the course, complex legal and political questions will be tackled, such as: who is a genuine refugee?; is the difference between a refugee and an economic migrant still relevant?; what is the impact of climate change on human migration?; who enjoys the right to family reunification?; to what extent does technology contribute to the border management regime and admission of migrants into Europe ?

Bijkomende info

Study material

  • Textbook (recommended):

Basic readings will be provided inter alia but not exclusively from textbooks in International and European migration and asylum law and other sources, including:

  • Brian Opeskin, Richard Perruchoud and Jillyanne Redpath-Cross (eds.), Foundations of International Migration Law, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012 (available as ebook at VUB library)
  • Pieter Boeles, Maarten den Heijer, Gerrie Lodder, Kees Wouters, European Migration Law, 2nd ed. Antwerpen: Intersentia, 2014
  • Vincent Chetail and Céline Bauloz (eds), Research Handbook on International Law and Migration, Edward Elgar, 2014
  • James Hathaway and Michelle Foster, The Law of Refugee Status, 2nd ed. Cambridge, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2014
  • Cathryn Costello, Michelle Foster and Jane McAdam (eds), The Oxford Handbook of International Refugee Law, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021
  • Guy S. Goodwin-Gill and Jane McAdam, The Refugee in International Law, 4th ed., Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2021
  • Course text (required):
  • See Course Guide on Canvas
  • Digital course material (required):
  • check Canvas for detailed information on Legislation and Case Law that will be used during the course
Leerresultaten

Examen

- Categorise the various situations that can be considered as migration.

- Explain the difference between migration, forced displacement and asylum.

- Illustrate the international and European regulatory framework applicable to migration (legal and illegal), forced displacement, trafficking human beings and asylum.

- Evaluate the existing international and European legal regimes from a critical perspective, considering the situation of vulnerable persons in a situation of migration or displacement.

- Assess whether critical approaches to migration can feed current International and Legal regimes on migration in a way that vulnerable migrants can be better protected.

Beoordelingsinformatie

De beoordeling bestaat uit volgende opdrachtcategorieën:
Examen Mondeling bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Examen Schriftelijk bepaalt 50% van het eindcijfer

Binnen de categorie Examen Mondeling dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Mondeling Examen met een wegingsfactor 50 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Binnen de categorie Examen Schriftelijk dient men volgende opdrachten af te werken:

  • Case Note met een wegingsfactor 50 en aldus 50% van het totale eindcijfer.

Aanvullende info mbt evaluatie

N/A

Toegestane onvoldoende
Kijk in het aanvullend OER van je faculteit na of een toegestane onvoldoende mogelijk is voor dit opleidingsonderdeel.

Academische context

Deze aanbieding maakt deel uit van de volgende studieplannen:
Master in International and European Law: Standaard traject (enkel aangeboden in het Engels)