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The course aims to provide students with a solid understanding of how law (international, EU and domestic) determines migration status and refugeehood.
By the end of the course, diligent students should have attained:
1. A clear grasp of key legal concepts and theoretical debates around the key terms of migrant, labour migrant, refugee, international protection beneficiary, asylum-seeker, smuggling, trafficking, regular/ irregular; legal / illegal as applied in this context;
2. Familiarity with key scholarly debates on migration and refugee law;
3. Clear grasp of how international, EU and national law interact in this field;
4. A critical understanding of the differences between different legal forms of migration (e.g. for protection, for work etc);
5. A critical understanding of the role and limits of human rights law in the migration control context;
6. A critical understanding of how migration law creates distinct statuses with different rights, and the implications of this status differentiation for equality and inclusion;
7. A critical understanding of the role of access to nationality in both determining who is subject to migration controls, and who is entitled to stay indefinitely;
8. A critical understanding of how migration status generates risks to exploitation, abuse, inequality, and how the law responds to these risks;
9. An ability to engage in key legal and political debates on migration, asylum and international protection;
10. An ability to identify important research questions in this field, and identify salient sources for further reading and research.
This content is indicative of what this module will explore in 2024, and is subject to change due to legal developments.
The module commences with an introductory lecture on statehood, migration, migration control and migration status. The module then examines:
Theme One Labour Migration Law: We examine international human rights and migrant workers, as well as labour migration law in Ireland.
Theme Two Refugee and International Protection Law: We explore the legal rules that limit the entry of those seeking protection (visas and carrier sanctions at EU level in particular), the implications of the frequent ‘illegalization’ of refugee travel, how responsibility for protection claims is regulated (the ‘Dublin System’); and how EU and Irish law engage with the international legal concept of ‘refugee’ and other forms of international protection, including the adjudication of international protection.
Theme Three Intersections of Migration Law: We analyse discrete topics within the field of migration law, relating to human trafficking, migrant status in the welfare state, undocumented migration, and deportation.
The module concludes with an exploration of citizenship law in Ireland.
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 22 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 103 |
Total | 125 |
Not applicable to this module.
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Examination: A two hour closed book end of trimester examination. Those sitting the exam will be provided with an indication of exam topics throughout the module. | 2 hour End of Trimester Exam | No | Standard conversion grade scale 40% | No | 100 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Autumn | Yes - 2 Hour |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
• Self-assessment activities
IIndividual Feedback on Learning (Throughout the Semester): Should students require feedback on their learning for this module, then students are encouraged to self-assess their learning, and seek clarification by asking a question in-class and/or arranging an individual consultation. Group class feedback on the examination: Group feedback will be available on the examination and available to students once the University releases your final grade for this module, and the School of Law directs feedback be provided in June 2024. Individual feedback on the examination: After results are released, you will have an opportunity to receive individual feedback on your exam script. This will be available once grades are final. You will receive information on the process for obtaining individual feedback on your take home exam for this module in late June 2024, via Brightspace.
Name | Role |
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Professor Cathryn Costello | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |
Sharon Etokhana | Lecturer / Co-Lecturer |