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| LL 3010 - Asylum and Immigration |
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Associated Term:
2024/25 Academic Session
Learning Objectives:
The extent to which the movement of refugees and migrants should be controlled or facilitated is one of the great issues of our age. Armed conflict, economic deprivation, political unrest and oppression are all classic reasons for people to move, but climate change is presenting challenges such that even conservative estimates suggest will lead to 50 million people forced to leave their homes by 2050. Existing asylum and immigration regimes are under strain from a combination of larger numbers of people moving, different patterns of movement, together with growing hostility to refugees and migrants. This module will explore the various causes of movement, and explore the way in which states attempt to manage them. We will explore many of the political and ethical issues that arise when competing ideas of state sovereignty over borders come up against duties to provide sanctuary to those fleeing harm, and critically analyse questions of belonging, free movement and population control. In particular, we will introduce students to the rationale and history behind immigration control, of how and why people should be allowed to cross borders, and what rights they should have in host countries. This module will look at this key set of issues from a variety of disciplinary and theoretical perspectives. Students will be given lectures alongside Level 5 students taking this module. However, there will be separate seminars for the two cohorts, as there are separate learning outcomes. The Level 6 seminars will be focused on the development of critical analytical techniques of the key issues, moving them beyond the general understanding being developed in Level 5.
Pre-requisites:
None
Learning Outcomes:
1. Critically assess key issues relating to asylum and immigration in the UK and internationally
2. Demonstrate a critical understanding of the different legal categories applicable to refugees and classes of immigrants
3. Critically engage with the inter-relationship between law, politics and ethics in asylum and immigration
4. Critically examine the evolution of migration controls and their justifications
5. Analyse specific issues with aspects of asylum and immigration policy such as detention, and access to housing, employment and welfare
6. Engage in a high level of interdisciplinary research combining law, politics, IR and sociology..
Required Materials: Click here for the reading list system Technical Requirements: The total number of notional learning hours associated with course are 150. These will normally be broken down as follows: 20 hour(s) of Lectures across 10 week(s) 10 hour(s) of Seminars across 10 week(s) 120 hour(s) of Guided Independent Study Formative Assessment: Oral presentation of topic in class - peer and tutor feedback Summative Assessment: Individual Written assignment (2500 words) - 100% |
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