11. 5. Exam

We have created ten questions - or rather problems. Before the exam, you will draw 1 topic to talk about in the exam. The exam will be conducted in a group, we will sit at a round table where you will present your topic, and then we will all discuss this and the other questions.

Topics/problems:

1.       Analyse whether the people fleeing Ukraine are from the legal point of view refugees and why. How do you assess the definition of refugee? How does it relate to the definition of internally displaced persons?
2.       In your opinion, is migration a benefit or a burden for the receiving state? Why? How do you assess the European response to the war in Ukraine in this context?
3.       What do you think the definition of a refugee should look like? Should it remain in its current form or include other persons in need?
4.       How do you assess temporary protection? Is it an adequate response to a situation where more and more people are leaving Ukraine after the Russian invasion? Why yes, why no?
5.       Please describe the principle of non-refoulement and analyse its regulation in international or European law. What do you see as its usefulness and for whom?
6.       How should we respond to the possible arrival of more people for environmental reasons?
7.       Could you evaluate European refugee (asylum) law? What do you see as positives and what do you see as negatives?
8.       Could adaptation and/or mitigation be the solution for environmental migration? Why? For which groups of people?
9.       From your point of view, evaluate the European regulation of migration with an emphasis on family reunification and integration. The topic can be set in the context of refugee regulation.
10.     In what way do you think the issue of responsibility and liability can be seen as relevant to the field of migration? Please, elaborate.

You will draw your topic at 10:00. I suggest that we start the exam earlier (some of you mentioned it) - after the topics are drawn (i.e. after 10 o'clock). Everything will take place in 402.1.

I want you to understand the topic, not know it inside and out. Don't worry!