Participation (20%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3,4 and 5)
1 2000 word essay (30%) (Learning Outcomes 1,2,3, 4,5 and 6)
1 x 3000 word essay (50%)(Learning Outcomes 1,2,3, 4,5 and 6) – final work

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 also scrutinize the role of the United Nations High Commission for Refugees in the care of refugees.
It will then examine the causes of free (economic) migration, and look at the responses to migration from countries with differing histories and attitudes to immigration The module will also explore the social, economic and political impact of immigration, including refugee movements, on the sending and receiving countries. Examples and comparisons will be used throughout to illustrate the issues and there will be a focus on the British experience of these issues.

1. DEMONSTRATE UNDERSTANDING OF KEY MIGRATION CONCEPTS AND ISSUES
Knowledge and Understanding

2. DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF KEY REFUGEE AND ASYLUM CONCEPTS AND ISSUES
Knowledge and Understanding

3. CRITICALLY ANALYSE OF THE IMPACT OF EMIGRATION ON SENDING COUNTRIES.
Analysis
Reflection
Learning.

4. CRITICALLY EVALUATE THE NEGATIVE AND POSITIVE ASPECTS OF (ECONOMIC/SOCIAL/POLITICAL) OF ALL TYPES IMMIGRATION ON RECEIVING COUNTRIES
Analysis
Reflection
Learning.

5. UNDERSTAND OF THE SITUATION AND EXPERIENCE OF PARTICULAR GROUPS AND COUNTRIES, INCLUDING POLITICAL ASPECTS, AS CASE STUDIES OF MIGRATION.
Knowledge and Understanding
Analysis
Reflection
Application.

6.YOU WILL BE ABLE TO PRODUCE COHERENT AND WELL RESEARCHED ACADEMIC WRITING ON THE ABOVE ISSUES THAT FOLLOWS ALL USUAL ACADEMIC CONVENTIONS
Communication.

The module incorporates inter-dependent learning strategies. The topic introductions provide the framework, delivering material and setting up setting up key issues for analysis. The discussion board provides for follow up discussion and clarification of the key issues. Independent learning will be focused on directed reading and note-taking in preparation for discussion board participation and assessment.
Key Information Set:
16% scheduled learning and teaching activities
84% guided independent learning

• Students’ own textbooks; supplied course packs of readings; e-books; e-journals; relevant websites.
• Blackboard VLE
• Computer with internet access

David J Whittaker, (2006) Asylum Seekers and Refugees in the Contemporary World, Routledge.
Nicklaus Steiner, (2009).International Migration and Citizenship Today, Routledge.
Massimo Livi Bacci, (2012) A Short History of Migration Polity Press.
S.Castles, H De Haas & M.Miller (2013), The Age of Migration (5thEd), Guildford Press.
Christian Joppke, (2010)Citizenship and Immigration, Polity Press.
Thomas Faist, Margit Fauser& Eveline Reisenauer, (2013) Transnational Migration, Polity Press.