EU Migration Policies - JTM616

• Title: EU Migration Policies
• Czech title: Migrační politiky Evropské unie
• Guaranteed by: Department of European Studies (23-KZS)
• Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences
• Actual: from 2024
• Semester: winter
• E-Credits: 6
• Examination process: winter s.:
• Hours per week, examination: winter s.:1/1, Ex [HT]
• Capacity: 16 / unknown (16)
• Min. number of students: 5
• 4EU+: no
• Virtual mobility / capacity: no
• State of the course: not taught
• Language: English
• Teaching methods: full-time
• Note: course can be enrolled in outside the study plan; enabled for web enrollment; priority enrollment if the course is part of the study plan
• Guarantor: Mgr. Anna Lukešová
• Teacher(s): Mgr. Anna Lukešová
• Class: Courses for incoming students

Annotation

The course EU Migration Policies is designed for Master students of the Faculty of Social Sciences, enrolled in Czech or visiting MA programmes. It offers a basic overview of the complex framework of EU migration policies.

Last update: Lukešová Anna, Mgr. (20.09.2023)

Aim of the course

During the lessons, students will familiarise themselves with the basic terminology on migration, the international legal framework relevant to the protection of migrants, and the development of EU migration policies in primary as well as secondary law, with a special focus on the asylum agenda. Aside from giving presentations and participating in discussions, students will also put the theory into practice through the final refugee-officer role-playing game.

Last update: Lukešová Anna, Mgr. (20.09.2023)

Course completion requirements

To successfully complete this course, a student needs to:

a) Give a presentation on the topic of own choice (10min, ppt/handout);                                 20p.

b) Actively participate in the discussions (based on required readings and presentations);         20p.

c) Submit a request for asylum (role: asylum seeker; 1 page);                                                  20p.

d) Participate in an asylum interview (roles: asylum seeker/officer; 2x10min);                           20p.

e) Submit a decision of an obtained asylum request (role: asylum officer; 1 page);                   20p.

f) Reach at least 50 % in categories a)-e);

g) Not to be absent from more than 2 lessons as the attendance is mandatory.

 

Maximum points to get:   100

Minimum points to pass:  51

Range of grades:             A: 100-91

                                      B: 90-81

                                      C: 80-71

                                      D: 70-61

                                      E: 60-51

                                      F: 50 & less

More in SMĚRNICE S_SO_002: Organizace zkouškových termínů, kontrol studia a užívání klasifikace A–F na FSV UK.

Last update: Lochmanová Sára, Bc. (05.10.2023)

Literature

see Syllabus

Last update: Lukešová Anna, Mgr. (20.09.2023)

Teaching methods

The course will have the form of a lecture/seminar. Each lesson will consist of:

· Lecture by the lecturer

· Presentations by the students

· Discussion (based on required readings and presentation)

 All relevant materials, as well as course communication, will be managed through the Moodle 1 course called EU Migration Policies.

Last update: Lukešová Anna, Mgr. (20.09.2023)

Syllabus

Week 1:   Introduction

Week 2:   Migration Theories and Terminology

Week 3:   International Pillars of Human Rights Protection

Week 4:   EU Migration Primary Legal Framework

Week 5:   EU Migration Secondary Law

Week 6:   EU Migration Soft Policy Tools

Week 7:   Immigrant Integration in the EU

Week 8:   International and European System of Refugee Protection

Week 9:   EU Asylum Secondary Law

Week 10:  EU Refugees Crisis of 2015

Week 11:  Irregular Migration to Europe

Week 12:  Visiting Lecturer

Week 13:  Substitute lecture

16.1.2024   Examination (in the form of a role-playing game)

Last update: Lukešová Anna, Mgr. (20.09.2023)