During the months of April and May, Dr. Valentina Milano, professor of public international law at the UIB and secretary of the LIDIB, has taught the module “Migratory movements and their challenges” within the framework of the UOM Specialization Diploma in Science, Technology and Society in the XXI Century. This module has focused on exploring the historical and current contexts of migration, today’s main migration flows in the European and Mediterranean context, and the causes and consequences of migration for people who migrate. All of these aspects have been examined from a human rights and gender-based perspective.
Likewise, the main international and European instruments, compacts and pacts that regulate migration, asylum and human trafficking have been analyzed, to then reflect on the shortcomings of the current normative and political framework and the consequences these shortcomings generate in terms of human rights violations. In this context, the violence experienced during the trip, the arbitrary refoulements, the conditions in the detention camps at the borders and in the CIES, and the forms of exploitation (labor, sexual, …) to which migrants in an irregular situation are subjected to in countries of destination have been addressed. Finally, the module closed with the testimony of two migrants, a Brazilian woman and a young Moroccan, who shared with the attendees their personal experiences related to migration, showing the circumstances of extreme vulnerability and lack of protection that mark many of the current migration experiences.