Undergraduate Course: EU Asylum and Migration Law (LAWS10274)
Course Outline
| School | School of Law |
College | College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 10 (Year 3 Undergraduate) |
Availability | Available to all students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The course deals with the constitutive elements of EU immigration and asylum law, and expose the students to some of the most challenging legal questions concerning mobility of people to and within Europe. The course will make students aware of the importance of adopting different perspectives when approaching the questions addressed in the seminars. The conceptual and theoretical level will be flanked by a close analysis of the practical operation of EU Immigration and Asylum Law. |
| Course description |
The course will focus on the following content: visas and travel authorisations; border controls; the Common European Asylum System; return policies; checks inside the EU; the role of EU¿s agencies and Frontex in particular; the EU¿s external dimension of migration and asylum law.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
| Pre-requisites |
Students MUST have passed:
European Union Law (Ordinary) A (LAWS08125)
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Co-requisites | |
| Prohibited Combinations | |
Other requirements | Spaces on this course are allocated as part of the Law Honours Course Allocation process. Places are generally only available to students who must take Law courses. To request a space on this course, please email Law.courseselection@ed.ac.uk |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites | Student must have passed EU Law Ordinary or an equivalent course.
This course is only open to visiting students coming through a direct exchange with the School of Law (including Erasmus students on a Law-specific Exchange). Exchange students outside of Law and independent study abroad students are not eligible to enrol in this course, with no exceptions.
**Please note that 3rd year Law courses are high-demand, meaning that they have a very high number of students wishing to enrol in a very limited number of spaces.**
Priority will be given to students studying on exchange within the Law department, and it is highly unlikely that there will be additional spaces for general exchange students & independent study abroad students to enrol; we will look into this on a case-by-case basis in September/January. Visiting students are advised to bear in mind that enrolment in specific courses can never be guaranteed, and you may need to be flexible in finding alternatives in case your preferred courses have no available space.
These enrolments are managed strictly by the Visiting Student Office, in line with the quotas allocated by the department, and all enquiries to enrol in these courses must be made through the CAHSS Visiting Student Office. It is not appropriate for students to contact the department directly to request additional spaces. |
| High Demand Course? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2026/27, Available to all students (SV1)
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Quota: 0 |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Seminar/Tutorial Hours 20,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
176 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
100% coursework, broken down as follows:
1) class participation - worth 10% of overall mark;
2) blog post for each pair of students (1000 words in total, 500 words each student) - worth 25% of overall mark;
3) essay (3000 words) - worth 65% of overall mark.
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| Feedback |
The students will receive feedback in class, in the context of the discussion of the materials assigned for each session.
The students will be given the opportunity to deliver a formative assessment, in the form of either an outline (500 words) or short essay (1000 words) on a topic to be indicated by the Course Organiser.
Furthermore, the course adopts the ¿continuing formative assessment¿: each week throughout the second part of the semester, a different group of students will be assigned an individual exercise resembling the summative assessment, which will be performed at the beginning of each seminar and on which they will receive feedback from the Course Organiser and their peers. More specifically, each student will be allocated a question for discussion relevant to the topic of the weekly seminar. They will post the answer (max 300 words) on the course forum before the session. The answer will be analysed in class, both in terms of substance and writing skills. |
| No Exam Information |
Learning Outcomes
On completion of this course, the student will be able to:
- Demonstrate knowledge that covers and integrates most of the principal areas, features, boundaries, terminology and conventions of EU immigration and asylum law.
- Apply knowledge, skills and understanding in using a wide range of the research skills and materials associated with EU immigration and asylum law
- Critically review and consolidate thinking in EU immigration and asylum law.
- Communicate with peers and specialists in relation to EU immigration and asylum law.
- Exercise autonomy and initiative.
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Reading List
The core readings for the course will include, inter alia:
Primary sources:
Primary and secondary EU law;
Case law of the EU Court of Justice;
Case law of the European Court of Human Rights.
Secondary sources:
The main textbook used in this course will be Peers, EU Justice and Home Affairs, Vol I (OUP, 2023).
In each seminar, specific academic contributions (chapters, articles) will be assigned on the topics relevant to the weekly session. |
Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
Curiosity for learning that makes a positive difference;
Courage to expand and fulfill their potential.
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| Keywords | Asylum,Immigration,EU Law,Border Controls,Refugees |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Leandro Mancano
Tel: (0131 6)50 2050
Email: Leandro.Mancano@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Ms Eleni Koumentakou
Tel:
Email: ekoument@ed.ac.uk |
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