Immigration policy of the European Union

The purpose of the lecture is to give students knowledge of the concept, aims and mechanisms of immigration and asylum policy in the European Union. Students will get knowledge about multi aspect of the phenomenon of immigration policy in a contacts of necessity to combine interest of European Community and individual states dealing with the third country nationality. They will get a knowledge about immigration and asylum policy.

1. History of Migration

2. Geneva Convention

3. New York Protocol

4. Schengen Agreement

5. Dublin Convention

7. Eurodac

8. Forced returns and manner of removal

9. Refugee Crisis in Europe

Asserate A.-W., African Exodus. Migration and the Future of Europe, Haus Publishing LTD, London 2018.

Bertram Ch., Do States Have the Right to Exclude Immigrants?, Polity Press, Cambridge 2018.

Bhabha J., Can we Solve the Migration Crisis?, Polity Press, Cambridge 2018.

Bohon S.A., Conley M., Immigration and Population, Polity Press, Cambridge 2015.

Boswell Ch., Geddes A., Migration and Mobility in the European Union, Palgrave

Exclusion and Inclusion in International Migration. Power. Resistance and Identity, ed. By Armagan Teke Lloyd, Migration Series by Transnational Press London 2019.

Handbook on European law relating to asylum, borders and immigration, European Union Agency for Fundamental Rights, Council of Europe, 2014, http://fra.europa.eu/en/theme/asylum-migration-borders.

Immigration. Understanding and Proposals, ed by Samuele Sangalli, GBP Pontificia Universita , Pontificio Instituto Biblico Gregoriana, Roma 2018.

Kaemingk M., Christian Hospitality and Muslim Immigration in an Age of Fear, Willam B.Eerdmans Publishing Company, Grands Rapids, Michigan 2018.

Marco Revelli, The New Populism. Democracy Stares into the Abyss, Verso, London, New York 2019.

Mehta S., This Land is Our Land. An Immigrant’s Manifesto, Jonathan Cape, London 2019.

Smith S., The Scramble for Europe. Young Africa on its Way to the Old Continent, Polity Press, Cambridge 2019.

Tinti P., Reitano T., Migrant, Refugee, Smuggler, Saviour, Hurst & Company, London 2018.

Learning outcomes and competence:

K_W01. Student has a knowledge about history of migration in the world and Europe.

K_W02. Student knows the legal acts of UN and the European Union concerning migration (Geneva Convention, Schengen and Dublin regulations, Eurodac, etc.).

K_W03. Student has knowledge about immigration policy in selected EU countries.

K_W04. Student knows the difference between migrant and refugee.

K_W05. Student has knowledge about the present influx of migrants, countries of origin, their culture and religion.

K_U01. Student is able to explain the increasing negative attitudes of society towards immigrants in Europe.

K_U02. Student can describe the process of social integration through education.

K_U03. Student knows how to link the process of social integration with the labor market.

K_U04. Student knows how to take action to combat discrimination of immigrants in Europe.

K_U05. Student can compare reactions of the Visegrad Countries on the migration crises with other EU countries.

K_K01. Student is aware of the dilemmas cause by forced returns and the manner of removal of illegal immigrants.

K_K02. Student can explain and justify the principle of non-refoulement.

K-K03. Student understands the need to combat stereotypes against immigrants from Muslim countries in the EU.

K_K04. Student see the link between immigrant integration and security of the country.

K_K05. Student is competent to discuss contemporary attitudes of European society to immigrants coming to our continent.

In order to pass this course your work will be regularly reviewed during the semester and you need to be given a positive assessment of written work at the end of the semester.