Module Descriptors
REFUGEES AND IMMIGRANTS
HIPO60031
Key Facts
Health, Education, Policing and Sciences
Level 6
15 credits
Contact
Leader: Fiona Robertson-Snape
Hours of Study
Scheduled Learning and Teaching Activities: 24
Independent Study Hours: 126
Total Learning Hours: 150
Assessment
- Coursework weighted at 100%
Module Details
Module Learning Strategies
Lectures will outline the topics and provide the framework for more detailed discussions, around set questions in weekly seminars. Independent learning will be structured by seminar and assessment preparation.
Module Texts
Bacci M. L. [2012]: A Short History of Migration (Polity Press)
Castles S. & Miller M. [2003 3rd ed]: The Age of Migration
Faist T. & Fauser M. & Reisenauer E. [2013]: Transnational Migration (Polity Press)
Joppke C. [2010]: Citizenship and Immigration, (Polity Press)
Steiner N. [2009]: International Migration and Citizenship Today (Routledge)
Weiner M. [1995]: The Global Migration Crisis
Whittaker D.J. [2006]: Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World (Routledge)
Castles S. & Miller M. [2003 3rd ed]: The Age of Migration
Faist T. & Fauser M. & Reisenauer E. [2013]: Transnational Migration (Polity Press)
Joppke C. [2010]: Citizenship and Immigration, (Polity Press)
Steiner N. [2009]: International Migration and Citizenship Today (Routledge)
Weiner M. [1995]: The Global Migration Crisis
Whittaker D.J. [2006]: Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World (Routledge)
Module Indicative Content
This module will examine the causes, process and impact of refugee movements and free migration.
It will distinguish between refugees and immigrants, and examine the causes of refugee movements and the international regime for dealing with refugees, under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees, and its implementation by states. It will examine the legal obligations of states under the Convention, and the variety of ways in which the law is interpreted by states. It will also scrutinise the role of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in the care of refugees.
It will then examine the causes of free migration, and look at the responses to migration from (a) traditional countries of immigration (b) countries with a restrictive guest-worker type approach (c) countries that are not traditionally immigrant countries, but experience increasing levels of immigration.
The module will then examine the social, economic and political impact of immigration, including refugee movements in the receiving country. Examples and comparisons will be used throughout to illustrate the issues and there will be a focus on the British experience of these issues.
It will distinguish between refugees and immigrants, and examine the causes of refugee movements and the international regime for dealing with refugees, under the 1951 Convention relating to the status of refugees, and its implementation by states. It will examine the legal obligations of states under the Convention, and the variety of ways in which the law is interpreted by states. It will also scrutinise the role of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in the care of refugees.
It will then examine the causes of free migration, and look at the responses to migration from (a) traditional countries of immigration (b) countries with a restrictive guest-worker type approach (c) countries that are not traditionally immigrant countries, but experience increasing levels of immigration.
The module will then examine the social, economic and political impact of immigration, including refugee movements in the receiving country. Examples and comparisons will be used throughout to illustrate the issues and there will be a focus on the British experience of these issues.
Module Additional Assessment Details
1 x 1000 word seminar presentation (25%) (LO 1, 2 or 3, 4,5,6)
1 x 3000 word essay (75%)(LO 1, 2 or 3, 4,5,6)
Key Information Set Data:
75% coursework
25% practical exams [skills assessment and presentations]
1 x 3000 word essay (75%)(LO 1, 2 or 3, 4,5,6)
Key Information Set Data:
75% coursework
25% practical exams [skills assessment and presentations]
Module Resources
Library, including ebooks, ejournals and websites like that of the UNHCR.
Blackboard material.
Blackboard material.