Refugees, Borders, and Human Rights

Undergraduate

Who are refugees, illegal migrants and asylum seekers? Where do asylum seekers come from and why? What do states do about them? Which agencies, actors and interest groups engage with refugees? What are the links between refugees and nationalism and racism, borders, immigration policies and attitudes, state sovereignty, diaspora and transnationalism, human rights and cultural identities? How do we understand borders, boundaries, and biopolitics in our contemporary world? This course provides the student with the analytical skills to interpret historical and contemporary claims, vested interests and 278 Winter 2027 Undergraduate Calendar local, regional and global complexities of these issues. (Prerequisites: one of SACR-2200 or SACR-2400, and semester 5 or higher standing.)