This ExpertTrack is designed for anyone interested in developing a critical understanding of migration crises, what causes them, and how the law is implicated in their construction.

You’ll understand the who, what, and why of international migration, and the role of both international and domestic law in shaping the terrain.

You’ll also gain an insight into the role of states in exercising their sovereign right to control their borders, and the impact their policies and laws have in closing off legal routes to migration for those desperate to flee to safety.

Examine the complex laws and policies that inform migration law

You’ll start by exploring how law and policies have served both to protect states’ borders, as well as create vulnerability for migrants fleeing from civil war, generalised violence, extreme poverty, and other widespread human rights violations.

You’ll then engage in a critical evaluation of the human rights of migrants and ask whether international human rights law is truly universal.

Evaluate the political and philosophical discourses around international migration

The ExpertTrack will encourage you to critically examine law and its framing of the migrant experience.

You’ll demonstrate a critical understanding of the main international treaties which relate to migration, and evaluate the political discourses attached to the concept of international migration.

You’ll also explore the theoretical and interdisciplinary critiques of international migration law, and use legal materials to help formulate legal arguments concerning state practice.

Learn with international migration law experts at Kent Law School

Kent Law School is one of the UK’s leading law schools, offering a distinctive critical approach to their syllabuses, ultimately placing law within the wider context of society.

With a recognised excellence in teaching, world-class research, and an award-winning law clinic, they provide an intellectually stimulating environment for studying law, human rights law and international migration law.

Throughout the ExpertTrack, you’ll look beneath the surface of the law and study its complexity and contradictions, so that you finish with a deeper understanding and a wealth of new skills.