MIGRATION AND INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION POLICY
Academic Year 2025/2026 - Teacher: FRANCESCA LONGOExpected Learning Outcomes
Knowledge and understanding.
At the end of the course, students will be familiar with the historical, political, and socio-economic factors influencing global migration patterns with particolar attention to Europe; They will be able to identify the main concepts and the principal theories of the theoretical debate in international migration in order to understand the structure of international politics and the global political system.
Applied knowledge and understanding.
By the end of the course, students will demonstrate the ability to use the notions and theories acquired, applying them to practical situations in order to solve problems, analyze international phenomena, support arguments, and carry out activities with a professional approach, thereby showing effective mastery of the subjects studied.
Autonomy of judgment.
By the end of the course, students will be able to integrate knowledge and manage complexity, formulate judgments on the main events of the global migration, and collect and interpret relevant data relating to events and issues within the global system.
Communication skills.
By the end of the course, students will be able to express ideas and arguments clearly and accurately on the topics studied, using the technical-scientific language of the discipline and interacting effectively with different interlocutors, including in diverse cultural contexts. They will also be able to integrate into multidisciplinary groups and facilitate communication between people with different areas of expertise.
Learning skills.
At the end of the course, students will be able to use the knowledge acquired in class in relation to the international migration and the phenomena that characterize it. Furthermore, they will be able to independently gather bibliographic sources for the analysis of migration politics.
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
Detailed Course Content
Migration and Asylum seeking as a structural issues
Migration and Asylum as a global humanitarian issue
Actors in the global governance of migration and protection policies
Euromediterranean Migration Space
Focus on EU Policies on Migration and asylum
Textbook Information
Course Planning
| Subjects | Text References | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1) International Migration as a International Relations Issue The Globalisation of MigrationThe Main Factors Affecting MigrationThe Various Forms of Mobility | |
| 2 | 2) World Policy and Migration Global Policy on Migration and Asylum SeekersRegional Policies on Migation and Asylum SeekersEuropean Union Policy on Migration and AsylumMigration and Asylum policies as multilevel governance | |
| 3 | 3) Migration Policies: from global to localPolicy actors and multilevel governanceCities as actors of migration policyNGOs and policy on migration and integration |
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
Knowledge will be assessed through an oral examination on the topics covered in the course, based on the texts indicated in the syllabus.
Assessment criteria:
Ability to organize knowledge in a clear and structured manner
Ability to demonstrate independent and critical reasoning on the material studied
Ability to apply analytical tools with confidence, connecting themes and issues to develop original ideas
Quality of presentation (use of specialized terminology, clarity, effectiveness)
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
Actors of the global governance of migration policy
Migration and asylum