EU IMMIGRATION LAW
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2022/2023
- Teacher
- ALESSANDRA ANNONI
- Credits
- 6
- Didactic period
- Secondo Semestre
- SSD
- IUS/13
Training objectives
- The course will focus on the International, EU and domestic rules regulating immigration towards the EU. Students will get acquainted with the rules governing the conditions of entry, stay and removal of economic or forced migrants who are third country nationals.
The analysis and classroom discussion of relevant case-law and of some case-studies will encourage the development of a critical approach to the topics addressed during the course, allowing students to mature their own key to understanding highly topical issues. Prerequisites
- Students who have not yet passed the exams of Constitutional Law, Institutions of Private Law and European Union Law will not be admitted to sit the exam.
Course programme
- INTRODUCTION (4 hours): International, EU and domestic rules governing immigration. Citizenship and statelessness under International Law. State sovereignty and international obligations concerning entry, residence and expulsion of foreign nationals. FORCED MIGRATION OF THIRD COUTRY CITIZENS (22 hours): International and EU rules on the protection of refugees and asylum seekers, trafficking in human beings. Workshop. VOLUNTARY MIGRATION OF THIRD COUTRY CITIZENS (14 hours): visa policy of the Schengen area, entry and free movement of migrant workers/students within the EU, family reunification, the international protection of migrant workers, status of long term residents, expulsion of third countries’ citizens, the fight against irregular immigration.
Didactic methods
- Lectures will be delivered face-to face in the Rovigo campus. Students enrolled in Ferrara and mobility students may follow them online. Students enrolled in the course will receive the link to the virtual room by email.
1. Lectures (35 hours), with the support of slides and other teaching materials uploaded online.
2. Seminars (2 hours). Students will be asked to discuss the application of notions acquired during the lectures to the solution of case studies.
3. Workshop (3 hours + 10 hours of preparation at home): the workshop will involve a simulation of the procedure to be followed when applying for asylum. Students will be divided in two groups. One group will support the asylum seeker, the other will play the role of the territorial commission. The first group will be called to write a brief supporting the request and will prepare the asylum seeker for the interview. The second group will conduct the interview of the asylum seeker and will be called to write the final decision, granting or denying the international protection. The decision will then be discussed in class. Learning assessment procedures
- Students not attending classes:
Oral exam, aimed at assessing the achievement of the learning objectives stated above. Students will be called to answer a couple of questions relating to the topics covered during the course.
Students attending classes
- Oral exam (50% of the final mark)
- Evaluation of the workshop (50% of the final mark)
To pass the exam, students must score at least 18/30. Reference texts
- To participate in classroom discussion and to prepare for the exam students must consult the relevant legal texts.
Students who attend classes may prepare for the exam revising their own notes and studying the texts suggested in class. Students who do not attend classes may prepare for the exam studying either:
- Calamia, Gestri e al., Lineamenti di diritto internazionale ed europeo delle migrazioni, Wolkers Kluwer, 2021, with the exclusion of parr.6.1-6.6; 7.4-7.8; e 12.1-12.3); or
- Amadeo, Spitaleri, Il diritto dell'immigrazione e dell'asilo dell'Unione europea. Controllo delle frontiere, protezione internazionale, immigrazione regolare, rimpatri, relazioni esterne, Giappichelli, 2019.
