Programme of the course:
Topics 1-5 offer an introduction to the general knowledge on international migration and its theoretical framework. Topics 6-13 encompass the issues such as immigration, immigrant and foreign population, and immigration policy based on the example of selected EU member states. Topics 14-15 tackle these issues from the EU perspective and compare the common migration policy with EU member states' policies to identify the extent of their Europeanization.
- International migration – introduction. Review of migration theories, key terms and general trends. Three levels of analysis – national, regional and global.
- International organizations with a global reach and the problem of international migration. United Nations, International Organization for Migration, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development.
- International organizations with a regional reach and the problem of international migration. The case study of the EU.
- State and migration. Borders. Citizenship. Nationality. Minorities. Diaspora.
- Migration policy – scope, goals, assumptions, mechanisms and tools, stakeholders. Immigration versus emigration. Immigration policy versus emigration policy. Immigration and integration of immigrants. Immigration policy and integration policy.
- Immigration to France. Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to the United Kingdom. Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to Germany. Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to Benelux states (Belgium, the Netherlands and Luxembourg). Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to Italy and Greece. Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to Sweden and Denmark. Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to the Visegrad Group (Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic, Slovakia). Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to the Baltic states (Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia). Immigrant and foreign population. Immigration policy.
- Immigration to the European Union. Immigrant and foreign population. EU migration policy versus policies of selected EU member states. Europeanization of state policies?
- EU member states' response to the recent migrant and refugee crises in Europe.