Migrants, Refugees and the Mediterranean

The Mediterranean Sea is one of the deadliest bodies of water on the planet to cross. It is also one of the most frequently crossed for migrants and refugees. This course examines the history, the origins, the destinations, and the definitions of human population flows across the Mediterranean. We will explore push and pull factors as well as sending and host country classifications of people as they cross from one side to the other. We will focus in particular on the tensions between sending and host countries from individual, societal and institutional levels.