Forced Migration and Refugees: Laws, Policies, and Practice

(3 Credit Hours) · Undergraduate

Millions of people around the world have been forced from their homes by interlinked factors including persecution, armed conflict, natural disasters, development projects, socio-economic deprivation and increasing climate change. Resolving large-scale displacement represents a critical challenge for contemporary peacebuilding, development and climate justice. This course is designed to introduce students to various theoretical and methodological frameworks that inform and shape forced migration laws, policies and practice. Specifically students will: (i) examine international, regional, national and local responses to the problem of forced migration; (ii) investigate the obstacles to effective protection and assistance for refugees and displaced persons; (iii) explore the challenge of resolving displacement crises, and (iv) discuss some of the moral dilemmas raised by forced migration.