Current Issues in Migration Law - Period 3

This course invites students to think critically about migration-related issues of contemporary relevance in Europe by using a combination of social and legal perspectives. Irregular migration, human trafficking, refugeehood, family reunification, integration, among other issues, feature daily in the news and are hotly debated in politics. Students will practice and sharpen their critical analysis skills by doing research on one such current issue of their choice. Previous current issue topic areas included: migrant sex work vs. sex trafficking, family reunification policies, externalisation of EU borders, integration policies.

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam (VU Amsterdam) awards credits based on the ECTS system. Contact hours listed under a course description may vary due to the combination of lecture-based and independent work required for each course therefore, CEA's recommended credits are based on the ECTS credits assigned by VU Amsterdam. 1 ECTS equals 28 contact hours assigned by VU Amsterdam.