Scheda programma d'esame
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE ED EUROPEO DELLE MIGRAZIONI
MARCELLO DI FILIPPO
Anno accademico2019/20
CdSSTUDI INTERNAZIONALI
Codice325NN
CFU6
PeriodoPrimo semestre
LinguaItaliano

ModuliSettore/iTipoOreDocente/i
DIRITTO INTERNAZIONALE DELLE MIGRAZIONIIUS/13LEZIONI42
MARCELLO DI FILIPPO unimap
Obiettivi di apprendimento
Learning outcomes
Conoscenze

In Italia e in Europa, uno dei temi al centro del dibattito politico e mediatico degli ultimi anni è rappresentato dalle migrazioni. Molto spesso, tuttavia, una notevole confusione viene fatta sul ruolo (e sulle eventuali “responsabilità”) dei singoli Stati o dell’UE in materia, o sulle garanzie che spettano agli individui in movimento, e ad alcune categorie degli stessi in particolare.

Il corso intende fornire agli studenti gli indispensabili attrezzi del mestiere per orientarsi nel quadro giuridico internazionale ed europeo pertinente, e per trovare una risposta a molteplici quesiti.

È configurabile una libertà di circolazione transfrontaliera a beneficio di ciascun individuo? Oppure tale libertà è un privilegio per pochi, spendibile in una cerchia ristretta di paesi amici?

Gli Stati sono liberi di gestire come vogliono i flussi migratori verso il loro territorio, e la presenza degli stranieri nelle proprie società? Oppure, il loro margine di scelta è condizionato da regole giuridiche la cui inosservanza espone lo Stato stesso a conseguenze negative?

Cosa c’è dietro termini quali Schengen e Dublino? Ha ancora un senso la distinzione tra rifugiati e migranti economici? È vero che l’UE e l’area Schengen stanno crollando sotto il “peso” della crisi migratoria del 2015?

Quali, tra le proposte talvolta avanzate nel dibattito politico, sono giuridicamente ammissibili e quali invece esporrebbero l’Italia o l’UE a pesanti responsabilità di carattere legale e talora finanziario?

 

Knowledge

Migration flows towards Europe and inside Europe are a stable phenomenon, but continuously evolving, and raising new questions and challenges to Member States’ and EU policymakers. 

The course unit is conceived in order to stimulate a comprehensive knowledge and assessment of the regime on free movement of EU nationals and their families and the regime valid for admission, residence and intra-EU movement of non-EU nationals. Moreover, the whole EU Law will be analysed or critically commented, from a double point of view:

1) both the regime of free circulation for EU nationals and the regime of immigration of TCNs from outside the EU and of circulation inside the EU will be investigated. The purpose is to emphasize if the striking differences between the two legal regimes are still tenable, or are a source of distortion detrimental not only to the migrants, but also to the EU itself and its objectives (inter alia protection of human rights, fostering of the internal market and of the growth of its economy, protection of the weaker party in labour relationships, fight of organized crime).

2) rules contained in the treaties and in secondary acts (regulations, directives, decisions) will be carefully examined, but also international agreements and informal arrangements entered into by EU (or by MS, with EU’s endorsement) with third countries, covering issues such as readmission, fight against irregular migration and human trafficking, partnership for migration and mobility. The aim is to assess whether the external dimension of EU activities and policies is as comprehensive as stated in official policy documents (or genuinely inspired by a “global approach”), or whether the concrete initiatives carried out (and adequately financed) are mainly devoted to increase techniques of remote control, apt to stop at the source migratory movements (no matter if caused by economic reasons, or genuine need for international protection). With special regard to the asylum policy, peculiar attention will be devoted to the participation of the EU to resettlement programs, to regional protection schemes, to the need to establish “protected entry procedures” for genuine asylum seekers.

Modalità di verifica delle conoscenze

La verifica delle conoscenze sarà oggetto della prova orale finale e di un'eventuale prova scritta intermedia.

 

Assessment criteria of knowledge

Academic progress will be verified from the final oral exam and eventually from the outcome of an intermediate written test.

Capacità

Al termine del corso, lo studente sarà in grado di comprendere le complesse interazioni tra le norme internazionali ed europee e le scelte di politica migratorie effettuate da Stati e organizzazioni internazionali, e di comprendere le linee portanti del diritto UE in materia e il margine di manovra residuale di cui dispongono gli Stati membri dell'UE nel perseguire politice e strategie nazionali.

Inoltre, lo studente sarà in grado di distinguere tra  la propaganda e le decisioni o proposte basate sui principi dello Stato di diritto.

 

Skills

By the end of the course, students will be able to understand the complex interactions between international and European rules and the migration policies developedn by States and international organizations, to assess the main features of the EU migration law and the degree of discreationality left to EU Member States for shaping their own policies and strategies.

Furthermore, students will be able to distinguish the propoganda from decisions or proposals based on the rule of law.

Modalità di verifica delle capacità

Gli studenti frequentanti saranno invitati a partecipare attivamente, esprimendo la loro opinione o facendo domande.

Tutti gli studenti, anche non frequentanti, saranno chiamati nell'esame orale finale (e nell'eventuale prova intermedia) ad applicare le nozioni apprese ai casi pratici menzionati a lezione o nel manuale, oppure ad esempi tratti dall'attualità. 

 

Assessment criteria of skills

Students attendending the course are invited to actively participate, expressing their view or raising questions.

All students, including the ones not attending the course, will be asked -during the final exam and eventually in the written test- to apply the notions learnt to practical cases mentioned in the textbook or described in class, or to situations occurring in the actuality.  

Comportamenti

Lo studente potrà sviluppare la capacità di valutare il ruolo e le potenzialità di un approccio giuridico alle questioni migratorie e di sfuggire a facili qualunquismi e semplificazioni concernenti l'inutilità o addirittura della dannosità delle regole giuridiche e delle istituzioni internazionali ed europee.

 

Behaviors

The student will be able to evaluate the role and the potential of a legal approach to migratory issues and to escape from superficial semplifications around a supposed inutility or even harmfulness of international and European rules and institutions.

Modalità di verifica dei comportamenti

Il grado di partecipazione attiva e l'approccio critico consentiranno di considerare positivamente acquisiti i comportamenti previsti.

 

Assessment criteria of behaviors

The degree of active partecipation and the critical approach will allow to evaluate as positevely acquired the foreseen behaviors.

Prerequisiti (conoscenze iniziali)

Le conoscenze giuridiche di base desumibili dagli insegnamenti di Istituzioni di diritto pubblico o Diritto costituzionale, di Diritto internazionale, Diritto dell'Unione europea e di Tutela internazionale dei diritti umani sono indispensabili. L'attenzione verso l'attualità rappresenta un ulteriore elemento utile, in quanto potrà essere oggetto di trattazione a lezione così come di domanda all'esame.

 

Prerequisites

The legal notions acquired in the courses of "Institutions of Public Law" (or of Constitutional Law), of Public International Law, of EU Law and of International Protection of Human Rights are indispensable.

The attention for the current events is another useful element, given that it may be the subject of lectures or of questions at the written or oral test.

Indicazioni metodologiche

- lezioni frontali in lingua inglese, con ausilio di slide, mappe e filmati. La frequenza, pur se non obbligatoria, è fortemente consigliata;

- eventuali esercitazioni basate sulla sulla preparazioni di una breve nota legale su un determinato caso fittizio;

- uso del sito di elearning del corso (scaricamento materiali didattici, comunicazioni docente-studenti, pubblicazione di test per esercitazioni a casa, formazione di gruppi di lavoro, ecc.);

- per l'interazione tra studente e docente si suggerisce di far domande in classe o a fine lezione, oppure di far uso di ricevimenti, mentre l'uso della posta elettronica dovrà di norma essere limitato a casi ove lo studente non è riuscito ad ottenere una risposta facendo uso degli strumenti già a sua disposizione e della diligenza richiesta in ambito universitario;

- eventuale svolgimento di prove intermedie (in forma scritta);

- uso della lingua inglese o di altre lingue veicolari per eventuali seminari tenuti da docenti esterni.

 

Teaching methods

 

- lectures held in English, with visual aids such as powerpoints, videos, maps. Attendance of lectures, although not compulsory, is highly advised;

- possibile exercises based on the drafting of a short legal note on a fictitious case;

- uaw of the elearning platform for downloading teaching materials, communication between the lecturer and the student, release of past papers to revise at home, creating work groups, etc);

- for the interaction between student and teacher, it is suggested to raise questions during the lectures or at the end of them, to attend the scheduled meeting hours with the teacher or his collaborators, to use email only after having attemped to find a solution on his/her own.

- possibile use of intermediate tests;

- occasional use of English or other main languages for seminars taught by visiting professors. 

Programma (contenuti dell'insegnamento)

Una prima parte (8 ore) fornirà alcune nozioni introduttive alla materia: il rapporto tra Stati sovrani e individui; i differenti status dell’individuo (cittadino e straniero); la visione classica sull’ampia discrezionalità dello Stato nelle materie dell’ammissione, del trattamento e dell’allontanamento dello straniero; la graduale emersione di parametri giuridici e di nuovi status ispirati alla protezione dell’individuo (rifugiato, titolare di protezione sussidiaria, minori, vittime di tratta); il ruolo di organismi internazionali ad hoc (UNHCR, IOM, UN Committee on Migrant Workers) e il crescente protagonismo degli organi regionali sulla tutela dei diritti umani (in particolare, Corte europea dei diritti umani e sistema interamericano sui diritti umani).

 

Una seconda parte (4 ore) illustrerà la nascita e l’evoluzione della competenza dell’UE in tema di circolazione delle persone, dal Trattato di Roma a quello di Lisbona.

 

Una terza parte, più consistente (32 ore), proporrà una serie di approfondimenti tematici, nel cui ambito la descrizione del quadro giuridico pertinente sarà accompagnata da una valutazione critica dello stesso, dal riferimento a casi pratici e a dinamiche extra-giuridiche:

-          Il regime di libera circolazione valido per i cittadini UE e i loro familiari e le tensioni che lo circondano

-          I controlli alle frontiere esterne e l’eliminazione dei controlli alle frontiere interne

-          La normativa UE sui visti e le sue ricadute sui cittadini di Stati terzi

-          La disciplina parziale dell’UE sull’immigrazione regolare da Stati terzi

-          L’azione dell’UE rispetto all’immigrazione e al soggiorno irregolari

-          L’asilo nell’UE, tra armonizzazione delle regole statali e il c.d. sistema Dublino

-          Le regole sui minori non accompagnati e sulle vittime di tratta: nuovi regimi di protezione internazionale?

-          Le regole sulla circolazione all’interno dell’area Schengen dei cittadini di Stati terzi e la loro differenza con la libertà di movimento dei cittadini UE

-          Il principio di solidarietà e di equa ripartizione della responsabilità, e le sue varie declinazioni. Il fallimento del piano di relocation

-          L’UE nell’arena internazionale e l’uso di vari strumenti (accordi internazionali in senso stretto; intese non giuridiche; misure unilaterali; partenariati). L’intesa con UE/Turchia e la formula del c.d. Migration Compact

-          Riflessioni finali sulla coerenza del diritto e della politica UE su migrazione e asilo con gli standard internazionali, con i valori democratici, i principi e gli obiettivi della stessa UE.

-          Uno sguardo critico alle prospettive evolutive e ai dossier pendenti.

Syllabus

OUTLINE OF THE COURSE UNIT

 

PART ONE (8 hours)

  1. Patterns of international migration. Sovereign States and their relationship with individuals.
  2. International Migration Law. The classical view of the host State’s discretionary power (and of the very few limits on it) on admission, treatment and expulsion of foreigners.
  3. The slow emersion of new legal paradigms arising out of human rights law. The growing role of international entities and of regionalism.
  4. The different statuses of individuals

 

PART TWO (6 hours)

  1. The “EU laboratory”: the first steps.
  2. A first step forward: the “external” laboratories of the Schengen Agreements and of the Dublin Convention.
  3. The evolution from the Maastricht Treaty to the Lisbon Treaty.

 

PART THREE (28 hours)

  1. The free circulation regime for EU nationals and their families.
  2. The borders regime.
  3. The EU visa policy.
  4. The EU action on regular migration.
  5. The EU action on irregular migration.
  6. The EU and asylum, with a special focus on the Dublin system, the safe third country concept, the protected entry procedures.
  7. The EU in the international arena. The EU and the UN Global Compacts.
  8. Final reflections on the coherence of EU Law and policy with international standards, with European democratic standards and with some EU principles.

 

 

ANALYTICAL COURSE CONTENT AND READINGS BY TOPICS

 

Topic 1 - Patterns of international migration. Sovereign States and their relationship with individuals.

 

Lecture 1 – 2 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

Evolution of migration flows and main push factors. Features of mobile persons and migrants. Definitions. Interaction between restrictive migration policies and migratory routes and modalities. The position of individuals under international law: a brief reminder.

 

Questions:

  1. Directions and dimension of migratory flows
  2. Stable phenomenon or extraordinary events?
  3. Main push factors
  4. Reasons for the expression “mixed migration”
  5. How restrictive or exclusionary migration policy influence irregular movements
  6. The role of individual in classical international law

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Opeskin et al. (eds.), Foundations of International Migration Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012, paperback, ISBN: 9781107608368, £ 45.99, Chapters 1-2.

Further Readings

A Orakhelashvili, The Position of the Individual in International Law, California Western International Law Journal, 2001, Vol. 31, No. 2  (at https://scholarlycommons.law.cwsl.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1255&context=cwilj)

 

Internet sources

https://www.iom.int/migration

 

 

Topic 2 - International Migration Law. The classical view of the host State’s discretionary power (and of the very few limits on it) on admission, treatment and expulsion of foreigners.

 

Lecture 2 – 2 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The slow emersion of dedicated rules for migration and aliens. Classical customary and treaty law. Control of borders and aliens’ presence on the territory. The reduced emphasis on individuals’ choices and on a supposed generalised freedom of movement.

 

Questions:

  1. The main treaties on migrants and aliens and their general features
  2. The customary rules developed until the II World War
  3. Passports and borders control
  4. States discretion on entry, stay and removal of aliens

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Opeskin et al. (eds.), Foundations of International Migration Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012, paperback, Chapters 3, 5.

 

 

Topic 3 - The slow emersion of new legal paradigms arising out of human rights law. The growing role of international entities and of regionalism.

 

Lecture 3 – 1 hour

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

Human rights law as an empowering factor for aliens and migrants. Dedicated legal provisions and rules of general scope producing peculiar protective effects on aliens and migrants. The propulsive role of specialized bodies on human rights protection.

Dedicated international bodies (IOM, UNHCR and others) and regional integration organisations dealing with human mobility.

 

Questions:

  1. The contents and interpretation of human rights treaties with regard to human mobility and aliens
  2. The gradual emersion of a stable refugee law
  3. The features and activities of UNHCR, IOM and other specialised bodies of the UN system and of the Council of Europe
  4. The Reasons for the expression “mixed migration”

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Opeskin et al. (eds.), Foundations of International Migration Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012, paperback, Chapters 6, 13, 14.

 

 

Topic 4 - The different statuses of individuals.

 

Lecture 4 – 3 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

Nationality law: basic principles. Statelessness. Asylum and refugee law. Vulnerable categories and the debate around the drafting of special migratory statuses. Trafficking and smuggling: the diversity of legal regimes, the risk of confusion at enforcement level.

 

Questions:

  1. Conditions for acquiring nationality: international rules or just domestic law?
  2. The legal regime applicable to stateless persons
  3. Definition of refugee and interpretative challenges
  4. Environmentally and climate induced migration: is there an international legal regime?
  5. Unaccompanied migrant minors: the main guarantees under international law
  6. Human trafficking and smuggling of migrants: the main differences in law and in practice.

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Opeskin et al. (eds.), Foundations of International Migration Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012, paperback, Chapters 4, 7, 8, 9, 15 (only § 15.3).

 

Internet sources

https://www.unhcr.org/asylum-and-migration.html

https://www.iom.int/counter-trafficking

https://www.unhcr.org/stateless-people.html

https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/human-trafficking/index.html?ref=menuside

 

 


 

Topic 5 - The “EU laboratory”: first steps.

 

Lecture 5 – 1 hour

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The first experiments (UK-Ireland Common Travel Area; Nordic Passport Union; Benelux) and the European Communities. The emphasis on the creation of a regime of preferential free circulation for MS’ nationals and the “indifference” towards immigration policies from third countries.

 

Questions:

  1. The main novelties of the regime of circulation for EU nationals
  2. The extension to family members: choice or obligation for the European Communities?
  3. The beneficiaries of freedom of movement under the EEC Treaty: all EU nationals or only some of them?
  4. The Treaty provisions on freedom of movement: merely aspirational or rules with direct effect?

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 1.

 

 

Topic 6 - A first step forward: the “external” laboratories of the Schengen Agreements and of the Dublin Convention.

 

Lecture 6 – 2 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

A first step forward: the failed attempt to use EC competences in order to create a common border area and the “external” laboratories of the Schengen Agreements and of the Dublin Convention.

 

Questions:

  1. Object and contents of the Schengen Agreements
  2. Rationale of the Dublin Convention and the main connecting factors spelled therein.

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 1.

 

 

Topic 7 - The evolution from the Maastricht Treaty to the Lisbon Treaty.

 

Lecture 7 – 3 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The cautious “openness” of the EU to the need to elaborate a common action in immigration and asylum: the third pillar introduced by the Maastricht Treaty. A new step: the Amsterdam Treaty, the slow communitarization of the asylum and migration policy, and the absorption of the Schengen acquis. The Lisbon Treaty and the subsequent phase of consolidation of the EU policy and legislation on migration and asylum.

 

Questions:

  1. The third pillar and its limits
  2. The novelties of the Amsterdam Treaty.
  3. The Lisbon Treaty and the changes introduced at constitutional level.
  4. The Citizenship of the Union: purpose, contents and impact for Member States

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 1.

 

 

Topic 8 - The free circulation regime for EU nationals and their families.

 

Lecture 8 – 4 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The free circulation regime for EU nationals and their families and the tensions arising around it . The side effects on domestic legislation on nationality. The use of the public order exception; the differential treatment as for social benefits; the emphasis on abuse of right, especially for family relations; the formula of “newly EU nationals” and recourse to transitional periods. The impact of Brexit.

 

Questions:

1.The current beneficiaries of the freedom of movement

  1. Legislative provisions on the strengthening of the residence rights with the passing of time
  2. Measures on social security and professional qualifications and diplomas
  3. “Newly EU nationals”: special aspects of their status
  4. After Brexit: the position of EU nationals in the UK

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 2.

Elspeth Guild, Brexit: Deal or no-Deal: The Consequences for freedom of movement of EU and British Citizens, 10 Dec 2018, at https://eumigrationlawblog.eu/brexit-deal-or-no-deal-the-consequences-for-freedom-of-movement-of-eu-and-british-citizens/

 

Further Readings

Bernard Ryan, ‘Negotiating the Right to Remain after Brexit’, in Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law, Vol 31, No 3, 2017, pp. 197-226.

 

Internet sources

https://www.freemovement.org.uk/tag/brexit/

 

 

Topic 9 - The borders regime.

 

Lecture 9 – 3 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The suppression of checks at internal borders and the debate about the reform on the possibility to reinstate them; the controls at the external border and the vague guarantees of redress for non-EU nationals; the expanding role of electronic surveillance, the role of Frontex and its transparency-record; the evaluation of forms of cooperation such as joint missions, RABITs, and Eurosur.

 

Questions:

  1. Requirements for obtaining a Schengen Visa
  2. Refusal and nature of the obligation to state the reasons
  3. Legal redress against the denial of visa
  4. “Black list” and the reasons behind the inclusion/exclusion of a single third country

 

Compulsory readings

  1. P. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 9 (only §§ 9.1 and 9.2);
  2. Giuseppe Campesi, European Border and Coast Guard (Frontex): Security, Democracy, and Rights at the EU Border, Critical Criminology Online, Feb 2018 (DOI: 10.1093/acrefore/9780190264079.013.354)

 

Further Readings

Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR), In Search of Dignity: Report on the human rights of migrants at Europe's borders, 2017 (https://www.ohchr.org/Documents/Issues/Migration/InSearchofDignity-OHCHR_Report_HR_Migrants_at_Europes_Borders.pdf)

EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Fundamental Rights Report 2019, Chapter on ‘Asylum, visas, migration, borders and integration’ (https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2019-frr-chapter-6-asylum_en.pdf)

 

Internet sources

https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas_en

https://frontex.europa.eu/

 

 

 

Topic 10 - The EU visa policy.

 

Lecture 10 - 2 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The EU visa policy and its effects on legal certainty for TCN and on migratory movements, both voluntary and forced.

 

Questions:

  1. Requirements for obtaining a Schengen Visa
  2. Refusal and nature of the obligation to state the reasons
  3. Legal redress against the denial of visa
  4. “Black list” and the reasons behind the inclusion/exclusion of a single third country

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 9 (only § 9.3). Maarten den Heijer, Visas and Non-discrimination, European Journal of Migration and Law, 20 (2018) 470–489.

 

Further Readings

  1. Annalisa Meloni, EU visa policy: What kind of solidarity?, Maastricht Journal of European and Comparative Law, 2017, Vol. 24(5) 646–666;
  2. EU Agency for Fundamental Rights (FRA), Fundamental Rights Report 2019, Chapter on ‘Asylum, visas, migration, borders and integration’ (https://fra.europa.eu/sites/default/files/fra_uploads/fra-2019-frr-chapter-6-asylum_en.pdf).

 

Internet sources

European Commission, Official page on borders and visas, https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/borders-and-visas_en

European Parliament, Hearing on the Reform of the Visa Code and on Humanitarian Visas, 10-07-2018, http://www.europarl.europa.eu/committees/en/libe/events-hearings.html?id=20180703CHE04581

 

 

Topic 11 – The EU action on regular migration.

 

Lecture 11 – 4 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The EU action on regular migration and the room left for a residual State’s own policy (family reunification; economic migration; study, research, training, voluntary service and au pairing; the issue of quotas and of regularization policies; long-term residents; equal or just fair treatment?).

 

Questions:

  1. Is the model elaborated for EU nationals being followed for the regulation of entry and stay of non-EU nationals?
  2. Is economic migration fully regulated by the EU?
  3. Is family reunification a fundamental right recognized under EU law?
  4. To which extent non-EU nationals are entitled to equal treatment with respect to economic, social and political rights?

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapters 4-5.

 

Further Readings

Herwig Verschueren, Employment and Social Security Rights of Third-Country Labour Migrants under eu Law: An Incomplete Patchwork of Legal Protection, European Journal of Migration and Law, 2016, pp. 373–408.

 

Internet sources

European Migration Network, Section on Studies, https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/studies_en

 

 

Topic 12 - The EU action on irregular migration.

 

Lecture 12 – 4 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

Grounds for termination of stay; irregular stay; irregular arrival; rejection at borders and removal; use of detention as an instrument of migratory control. Trafficking and smuggling: the position of the EU. The use of criminal law against criminal organization, exploiters or the same migrants.

The complicated puzzle of the management of irregular migration by sea.

 

Questions:

1)    In which cases an EU national may be ordered to leave the territory of the host Member State?

2)    In which cases a non-EU national may be ordered to leave the territory of the host Member State?

3)    Are detention for irregular migrants and dedicated detention structures regulated in EU law? Or is it a matter left to Member States?

4)    Has the EU comprehensively regulated the issue of migration by sea, especially as regards the aspects related to search&rescue, disembarkation and assumption of responsibility for persons disembarked?

 

 

Compulsory readings

  1. P. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 9 (from § 9.4 to § 9.8 included), Chapter 10 (from §10.6 to § 10.9);
  2. Marcello Di Filippo, ‘Irregular Migration across the Mediterranean Sea: Problematic Issues Concerning the International Rules on Safeguard of Life at Sea’, in Paix et Sécurité Internationales, vol. I, 2013, No. 1, ISSN 1114-7326, pp. 53-76 (see here);
  3. Efthymios Papastavridis, ‘Recent “Non-Entrée” Policies in the Central Mediterranean and Their Legality: A New Form of “Refoulement”?’ in Diritti umani e diritto internazionale, 3/2018, pp. 493-510.

 

Further Readings

  1. Marcello Di Filippo, ‘The human right to liberty in the context of migration governance: some critical remarks on the recent practice in the light of the applicable legal framework’, in International Institute of Humanitarian Law (ed.), Deprivation of Liberty and Armed Conflicts: Exploring Realities and Remedies, Franco Angeli, Milano, 2019, pp. 239-253.
  2. Eugenio Cusumano (2017), ‘The sea as humanitarian space. Nongovernmental Search and Rescue dilemmas on the Central Mediterranean migratory route’, Mediterranean Politics (https://doi.org/10.1080/13629395.2017.1302223)

 

 

Topic 13 – The EU and asylum, with a special focus on the Dublin system, the safe third country concept, the protected entry procedures.

 

Lecture 13 – 4 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

The content of the EU rules interpreting and supplementing the Geneva Convention, read in conjunction with Dublin mechanisms and actual practice; the growing use of deflective devices such as the various “safe countries” concepts; the side effects on actual access to asylum produced by visa policy, by enhanced controls in the pre-arrival formula, by filtering carried out by transit countries or by international carriers; the EU and international cooperation for resettlement, relocation, regional programmes, protected entry procedures.

 

Questions:

  1. Positive aspects of the CEAS
  2. Negative aspects of the CEAS
  3. Reasons for the failure of the Dublin system and ideas for its overhaul
  4. Features of EU contribution to the design of legal pathways for asylum seekers and refugees

 

Compulsory readings

  1. P. Boeles et al. (eds.), EU Migration Law, 2nd edition, Intersentia, 2014, Chapter 9 (from § 9.4 to § 9.8 included), Chapter 10 (from §10.6 to § 10.9).
  2. Marcello Di Filippo, ‘The allocation of competence in asylum procedures under EU law: The need to take the Dublin bull by the horns’, in Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, 2018, No. 59, pp. 41-95 (doi: https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rdce.59.02);
  3. Eleni Koutsouraki, ‘Refusal of international protection under the EU-Turkey deal’, in Ordine internazionale e diritti umani, (2018), pp. 55-75.

 

Further Readings

European Commission, Study on the feasibility and added value of sponsorship schemes as a possible pathway to safe channels for admission to the EU, including resettlement. Final Report, October 2018, Bruxelles (https://publications.europa.eu/en/publication-detail/-/publication/1dbb0873-d349-11e8-9424-01aa75ed71a1).

 

Internet sources

https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/asylum_en

European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

 

 

Topic 14 - The EU in the international arena. The EU and the UN Global Compacts.

 

Lecture 14 – 4 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

Agreements and arrangements on cooperation in the fight against irregular migration, smuggling and human trafficking; readmission linked to visa facilitation and liberalization; partnerships for migration and mobility and their real importance in the EU’s agenda; the EU-Turkey deal; the UN Compacts and the role played by the EU and its MSs.

 

Questions:

  1. Is the EU pursuing a coherent external policy on migration and asylum, or is it mainly pursuing selected goals?
  2. Is the EU making recourse to informal arrangements for reasons of practicality or for reducing democratic control and legal liability?
  3. How much legal mobility is favoured by the current EU external migration policy?
  4. Has the EU been united during the consultations on the drafting of the two UN Compacts?

 

Compulsory readings

  1. Eugenio Carli, ‘EU Readmission Agreements as Tools for Fighting Irregular Migration: An Appraisal Twenty Years on from the Tampere European Council’, in Freedom, Security & Justice: European Legal Studies, 2019, N. 1, pp. 11-29;
  2. Sara Poli – Claudia Cinelli (2017), ‘Mobility and legal migration in the context of the European Neighbourhood Policy: What role for the European Union?’, in Revista de Derecho Comunitario Europeo, 58, pp. 979-1005 (https://doi.org/10.18042/cepc/rdce.58.05)

Others TBD

 

 

Topic 15 – Final reflections on the coherence of EU Law and policy with international standards, with European democratic standards and with some EU principles.

 

Lecture 15 – 2 hours

 

Content of the lecture and questions to answer

Innovative and conservative aspects of EU Law and policy on migration and refugee law, with respect to international practice.

Coherence with legal standards arising out of the UN and Council of Europe systems.

Coherence (or not) of secondary law and policy instruments with the EU founding treaties.

Perspectives on future directions.

 

Questions:

  1. Is the EU an actor behaving in a balanced way, compared to the short-term responses of the generality of its Member States?
  2. Is the EU contributing to the development of international standards more focussed on the individuals?
  3. Is the EU acting itself or encouraging its Member States towards a restriction of safeguards for migrants and asylum seekers?
  4. Is the EU comprehensively implementing its same constitutional rules and principles?

 

Compulsory readings

  1. B. Opeskin et al. (eds.), Foundations of International Migration Law, Cambridge University Press, 2012, paperback, Chapter 15;
  2. Thomas Spijkerboer, ‘The Global Mobility Infrastructure: Reconceptualising the Externalisation of Migration Control’, in European Journal of Migration and Law 20 (2018) 452–469;
  3. Simone Marinai, ‘Extraterritorial Processing of Asylum Claims: Is It a Viable Option?’, in Diritti umani e diritto internazionale, 3/2018, pp. 481-492.

 

Bibliografia e materiale didattico

V. sopra il Programma-Syllabus, versione inglese.     

In alternativa al testo di Opeskin, gli studenti possono optare per il seguente testo, più recente: Vincent Chetail, International Migration Law, Oxford University Press, £39.99, 2019, ISBN: 9780199668274 (parti da concordare col docente).



 

Gli studenti possono chiedere di sostenere l'esame in lingua italiana.

In tal caso, possono sostenere l'esame sul seguente testo di base:

- A.M. Calamia, M. Di Filippo, M. Gestri (a cura di), Introduzione al diritto internazionale ed europeo delle migrazioni, in corso di pubblicazione per i tipi della CEDAM, Padova.

 oppure, ove non ancora pubblicato, 

-     A. M. Calamia, M. Di Filippo, M. Gestri (a cura di), Immigrazione, Diritto e Diritti. Profili internazionalistici ed europei, ed. CEDAM, Padova, 2012, Capitoli da I a VII (compresi), XI, XII;

-     M. Savino (a cura di), La crisi migratoria tra Italia e Unione europea. Diagnosi e prospettive, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2017, capitoli 8, 9, 10;

-     F. Lenzerini, ‘La protezione dei minori stranieri non accompagnati nel diritto internazionale’, in R. Pisillo Mazzeschi, P. Pustorino, A. Viviani (a cura di), Diritti umani degli immigrati. Tutela della famiglia e dei minori, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2010, pp. 271-295. 

 

Per i frequentanti, il programma-syllabus potrà subire alcune lievi modifiche, intese a tenere in considerazione gli sviluppi più recenti e a valorizzare il lavoro svolto in classe. Materiali e indicazioni per i frequentanti saranno comunicati attraverso la piattaforma e-learning e sulla sezione dedicata del sito web dell’Osservatorio sul diritto europeo dell’immigrazione.

Si precisa che il programma per frequentanti rimane valido unicamente per le sessioni di esame dell’anno accademico 2019/2020.

Bibliography

See above the detalied Syllabus, English version. 

In alternative to the textbook by Opeskin, students can opt for the following (and more recent) text: Vincent Chetail, International Migration Law, Oxford University Press, £39.99, 2019, ISBN: 9780199668274 (chapther to be agreed with the teacher).

 

For students willing to study on Italian material:

-     A.M. Calamia, M. Di Filippo, M. Gestri (a cura di), Introduzione al diritto internazionale ed europeo delle migrazioni, forthcoming 2019CEDAM, Padova.

 If the mentioned textbook were not available, it can be replaced by the following texts:

-     A. M. Calamia, M. Di Filippo, M. Gestri (a cura di), Immigrazione, Diritto e Diritti. Profili internazionalistici ed europei, ed. CEDAM, Padova, 2012, Capitoli da I a VII (compresi), XI, XII;

-     M. Savino (a cura di), La crisi migratoria tra Italia e Unione europea. Diagnosi e prospettive, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2017, capitoli 8, 9, 10;

-     F. Lenzerini, ‘La protezione dei minori stranieri non accompagnati nel diritto internazionale’, in R. Pisillo Mazzeschi, P. Pustorino, A. Viviani (a cura di), Diritti umani degli immigrati. Tutela della famiglia e dei minori, Editoriale Scientifica, Napoli, 2010, pp. 271-295. 

Indicazioni per non frequentanti

In caso di dubbi circa argomenti complessi o il metodo di studio più efficace, recarsi a ricevimento dal docente o da uno dei suoi collaboratori.

Non-attending students info

If doubtful about complex topics or the most suitable study methodology, the students is advised to attend the dedicated tutoring activities.

Modalità d'esame

La modalità principale di verifica è costituita dall'esame orale finale.

Il grado di partecipazione attiva alle lezioni e ai seminari sarà tenuto presente fino ad un massimo del 20% della valutazione dell'esame orale finale.

Eventuali verifiche scritte intermedie e lavori di gruppo possono contribuire alla valutazione finale, secondo modalità comunicate previamente dal docente.

  

  • La prova orale consiste in un colloquio tra il candidato e il docente e altri collaboratori del docente titolare. 
  • La prova orale è superata se il candidato mostra di essere in grado di esprimersi in modo chiaro e di usare la terminologia corretta, e se il candidato risponde correttamente almeno alle domande corrispondenti alla parte piú basilare del corso. Il colloquio non avrà esito positivo se il candidato mostrerà ripetutamente l'incapacità di mettere in relazione parti del programma e nozioni che deve usare in modo congiunto per rispondere in modo corretto ad una domanda. Inoltre, gli studenti devono saper commentare fatti o eventi di rilievo internazionale alla luce delle norme di diritto internazionale e degli istituti giuridici studiati, indipendentemente da valutazioni di ordine politico, economico o di altro tipo. 
Assessment methods

The main modality for assessing the preparation of students is the final oral test.

For who is attending the course the degree of active participation during lectures and seminars will count up tp a maximum of 20% in the final evaluation.

Intermediate written tests or group works may be organised for the students attending the course, according to modalities previously communicated. 

  • The oral test consists of an interview between the candidate and the lecturer, or between the candidate and the lecturer’s collaborators
  • The oral test will be passed/failed if t the candidate shows ability to express him/herself in a clear manner using the correct terminology, and if the candidate responds sufficiently to questions regarding the most fundamental part of the course. The test will not have a positive outcome if the candidate repeatedly demonstrates an incapacity to relate and link parts of the programme with notions and ideas that they must combine in order to correctly respond to a question. Finally, he/she must be able to comment foreign affairs in the light of the applicable international rules.
Note

Sia per i frequentanti che per i non frequentanti, si fa presente che è necessario studiare solo sui testi indicati dal docente: dispense o materiali distribuiti da copisterie o attraverso altri canali non devono essere considerati affidabili o sostitutivi dei manuali.

 

L’esame è inserito nel curriculum “Governance delle migrazioni” della LM-52 quale attività obbligatoria dello stesso.

Il corso può essere inserito nel proprio piano di studi, quale esame a libera scelta, dagli studenti della LM-52 che optano per il curriculum “Geopolitica degli interessi europei nell’era della globalizzazione” e dagli studenti della LM-52 vecchio ordinamento.

Inoltre, può essere seguito dagli studenti di altri corsi di laurea magistrali istituiti o promossi dal Dipartimento di Scienze politiche, quale esame a libera scelta.

Infine, subordinatamente al rispetto dei pertinenti regolamenti didattici, esso può essere inserito nel piano di studi di studenti iscritti ad altri corsi di laurea magistrali o a ciclo unico (es. gli studenti di Giurisprudenza).

Notes

All students (both attending classes or not) must study only on the materials indicated in the official programme. Unofficial materials, distributed on the web or by copy-shops or other sources must be carefully avoided.

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