Afbeelding
Minor content
Society & ethics: What is your moral compass? Which dilemmas do you face when giving your opinion or suggesting certain solutions? European and national policy: How do we deal with migration issues on a national and on a European level? Do these measures /agreements supplement or contradict each other? Security aspects: How can countries cooperate in this area when trying to control their borders, direct or limit migration flows? What can be said about human trafficking and human smuggling in this regard? How does migration get linked to the fight against terrorism? Law: What laws are relevant within the context of migration? What is the relationship between existing policy and human rights/international law? To what extent do newly developed proposals contradict existing agreements such as the Schengen Treaty and the Dublin agreement?
Structure of the minor
The minor includes a group research project for a real client in the field of migration, a knowledge acquiring subject, Cross-cultural Skills, Ethics and Conflict training, a volunteering project (minitraineeship), project management and EU Migration Law & Policy. If the situation allows it, some excursions will be undertaken to institutions/organisations involved in the processing / supporting of asylum seekers and/or refugees in the Netherlands.
Starting point for the course:
Castles, S., De Haas, H. & Miller, M.J. (2019). The Age of Migration (sixth edition). Basingstoke UK: Palgrave MacMillan
ISBN: 9781352007121
