Critical International Migration Law

Description

in this course, you will :

• Develop a thorough understanding of the main sources of international migration law.
• Demonstrate knowledge and understanding of international refugee and asylum seeker protection systems.
• Use a critical understanding of the major international treaties pertaining to migration.
• Assess the political discourses surrounding contemporary international migration.
• Classify the complex legal and comparative materials in order to develop a complex legal argument about state practise.
• Determine the role of the law in contemporary global migration patterns.
• Recognize the shortcomings of the law in providing protection in the context of modern migration patterns.

Syllabus :

• Law and the Framing of Migrants and Migration
• Freedom of Movement, Refugees, Traffickers, and Smugglers
• Law's Absence and Law's Failings