Annotation
International migration is a solid part of the globalized world. Migrants account for more than three percent of the current world population, whereas it must be assumed that the real number of migrants is greater because not all of them are trapped by conventional statistics. The very complex phenomenon of migration contains burning ethical issues, such as the issue of a fair and ethically responsible asylum and immigration policy, irregular migration, integration of migrants or the issue of brain drain. International migration is in many ways a "touchstone for the ethics of global justice" (M. Heimbach-Steins).
In the course, refugee and migration issues as well as issues of asylum and immigration policy will be reflected and discussed from perspective of theological ethics. It will be focusing on the current situation and current challenges.