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The module examines the nature, causes and impact of migration within and into the European Union since 2004. Taking EU migration as a case study, it considers the validity of claims about the novelty of recent global migration trends, focusing particularly on transnationalism, its relationship to integration and return, and the concept of mobility. The module also uses EU migration as a case study in 鈥榤igration without borders鈥� to consider the social, economic and political impact of uncontrolled immigration on receiving countries, the integration experiences of migrants, and the implications for citizenship. We will discuss whether these can be reversed if a country leaves the EU. With regard to the impact on sending countries, the module will consider the helpfulness of current development-focused migration scholarship when applied to Eastern Europe, and consider alternative, more holistic approaches. As well as discussing East-West migration within the EU, the module will consider other flows (e.g. south-north labour migration; north-south lifestyle migration; educational migration and migration of highly skilled-professionals in all directions; migration, including refugee flows, from non-EU countries). Throughout, examples drawn from the EU will be contextualised within wider migration scholarship.
Module deliveries for 2024/25 academic year
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This module description was last updated on 8th April 2024.
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