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Your upfront cost: $0
Duration
14 weeks
Study method
100% online
Available loans
- FEE-HELP
Assessments
100% online
Prior study
Not required
Study terms
- 02 Mar 2020
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Subject details
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- Refugees and asylum seekers: key concepts, terms and definitions
- State sovereignty, borders and seeking asylum
- Global trends of forced migration
- The politics of refugee movements: A global perspective
- The politics of refugee movements: Australia
- Seeking asylum in Australia: A legal perspective
- Durable solutions to refugee movements
- The politics of settlement and integration
- Activism and advocacy and the rights of asylum seekers
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Study resources
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Instructional methods
- Discussion forum/Discussion Board
- Online assignment submission
- Podcasting/Lecture capture
- Streaming Multimedia
- Web links
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In order to enrol in this subject, you must be accepted into one of the following degrees:
Core
- CUR-HRI-MAS-2020
- CUR-HRI-GCE-2020
Elective
- OUA-PSU-GCE-2020
- UNE-PRO-GCE-2020
Special requirements
- EquipmentDetails - Audio/Visual equipment
This subject was previously known as Human Rights Issues 1.
This subject will cover the issue of Refugee Rights and will look at forced migration from a range of perspectives, encouraging a critical engagement with the topic. It will examine theories and practices in relation to refugees and the politics of forced migration as well as the evolution of the international regime for refugee protection and the challenges provided by the restrictive policies of receiving countries will be examined. The subject will also analyse durable solutions to refugee movements.
Please Note: If it’s your first time studying a Curtin University subject you’ll need to complete their compulsory ‘Academic Integrity Program’. It only takes two hours to complete online, and provides you with vital information about studying with Curtin University. The Academic Integrity Program is compulsory, so if it’s not completed your subject grades will be withheld.
Find out more about the Academic Integrity module.
- Discussion Points (Part 1) (30%)
- Discussion points (Part 2) (30%)
- Conference presentation (40%)
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