LouvainX: Migration Law

Who can migrate? What are the conditions to move from one country to the other? How are the numbers of migrations evolving over the recent years? Migration is both an ancient and a contemporary question, as it always existed and will never stop.

The course aims at analyzing the evolution of migration law and its main concepts, with numerous examples. In principle, each State is sovereign to give access to its territory, to grant a right of residence, to confer nationality or to remove migrants. However, this sovereignty is limited by, on the one hand, the respect of human rights and on the other, the integration of States in free movement schemes , such as the European Union.

The analysis is completed by a concrete approach of the procedures and a theoretical questioning on the future.

Whether you are a decision-maker, a judge, a lawyer, a human rights defender, a worker in a NGO or an IGO, you have to answer the complex questions related to migration. It requires precise theoretical and practical knowledge of national, regional and international law. This course will give you insights in the notions that govern States when dealing with migration.