The course is a reflection on the conceptualization of asylum and migration law and policy in Europe and Greece, examining the political and legal frameworks of displacement management. The legal foundations of refugee protection, as it has been transformed at the EU and Council of Europe levels, as well as through humanitarian action and solidarity, are thoroughly analyzed. The law, ethics and politics of humanitarianism in refugee protection are presented in the light of multi-level governance. In the course, participants will have the opportunity to broaden and deepen their knowledge of forced migration through a series of lectures and discussions, including:
- Racism and immigration,
- Non-refoulement as a rule of jus cogens
- The impact of colonialism on today's refugees in
post-colonial Europe, - The protection of victims of human trafficking in the context of
international refugee and human rights law, 5.
Collective expulsions and EU border policies, - FRONTEX and human rights,
- The role of the EEAA in the protection of refugees.
- Unaccompanied children in the EU and Greek policies.
- Migration and instrumentalization,
- Migration and asylum and development policies in the context of
ESC.
