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Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS KMH 7060 IMMIGRATION AND REFUGEES LAW ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

Offered By

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR IKBAL SIBEL SAFI

Offered to

Public Law (Non-Thesis-Evening)

Course Objective

When the failure of the state on the obligation to protect the citizens occurs, there is a need of international protection. The object of course is to clarify the concepts of migration, asylum-seekers and refugees. Then instructing about their rights and international obligations concerning the protection of such person by gaining a deeper understanding of 1951 Geneva Convention and to have a universal point of view on universal human rights.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   To explain the concept of immigration and refugee law. 2   To interpret the rules of immigration and refugee law. 3   To reveal the connection to other legal rules of immigration and refugee law. 4   To be dominated by the legislation on the subject of migration and refugees. 5   Having knowledge about the international documents for migration and refugees.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description 1 Aims and general information about the content of the course. To give information about the plan and processing method of the course. To recommend the students the written sources on processing the course. 2 Immigration and refugee law in connection with the basic concepts and the various branches of law. 3 The origins and historical development of migration. 4 Concepts and principles of the international conventions. 5 Determination of refugee status.International Law Instruments on Refugee protection. Failure of state protection and citizenship. 6 Mass flow on asylum and temporary protection. Conditional refugee, refugee and the non-refoulement principle. 7 Asylum procedure. The comparative analysis on refugee protection case law. Determining refugee status, the reasond of persecution: race, nation, political opinion, religion, particular social group criteria. 8 Midterm exam. 9 Rights and freedoms of refugees and asylum seekers. Institutionalising the social mores, the determination and its limitations. 10 Voluntary repatriation, integration, assessing the feared harm . The termination reasons of refugee status, the exclusion reasons of refugee status. 11 Assessment of current developments about immigration and refugees in Turkish law and a legal perpective of 6458 numbered Foreigners and International Protection Law. immigration policy in Türkiye. 12 Examination of the Turkish law on migration and refugees, the jurisprudence and the judicial application procedure. 13 Examination of the rule of the courts, case law. 14 General assessment. A comparative analysis on case law.

Recomended or Required Reading

SAFI, SIBEL: MÜLTECI HUKUKU DERS KITABI, 2018, LEGAL YAYINEVI.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

lecturing and seminars

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA 1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM 2 STT TERM WORK (SEMESTER) 3 FIN FINAL EXAM 4 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.20 + STT* 0.40 + FIN* 0.40 5 RST RESIT 6 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.20 + STT * 0.40 + RST* 0.40

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

To be announced.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To be announced.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

ikbalsibel.safi@deu.edu.tr

Office Hours

monday 14:00-15:00

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours) Lectures 14 3 42 Preparations before/after weekly lectures 14 1 14 Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10 Preparation for final exam 1 20 20 Preparing presentations 1 45 45 Midterm 1 2 2 Final 1 2 2 TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 135

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LO PO.1 PO.2 PO.3 PO.4 PO.5 PO.6 PO.7 PO.8 PO.9 PO.10 PO.11 PO.12 PO.13 LO.1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.3 1 1 1 1 1 LO.4 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 LO.5 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1