IML Revision Quiz

International migration law is a composite body of law because:

• It is made up of elements of a number of different regimes of international law

• It is comprised of norms, and thus influenced by society, economics, culture and politics

• Both of these answers are correct

• Only one of these answers are correct

International migration law has origins in the following:

• The law of the sea

• Colonialism

• International human rights law

• All of these answers are correct

What countries think international migration law should be shapes the development of the law:

• As part of customary international law

• Through the influence of politics on law

• Through their participation in multi-lateral dialogues

• Because the law is inherently political, and cannot be considered apart from national politics

When Germany agreed to accept Syrian refugees in the 2015 refugee crisis this was:

• A decision in accordance with international law

• A policy decision

• A moral decision

• A pragmatic decision

Migrants have human rights because:

• Migrants are human, and human rights are provided by law

• Migrants are autonomous individuals worthy of moral treatment

• Other schemes of international law have failed to adequately protect them

• All of these answers are correct

The idea of international migration law as a global mobility infrastructure is a reflection on:

• The structure of the law

• The role of law in moving people

• The politics of the law

• The location of law in the physical world

International migration law is inherently discriminatory because:

• It allows states to distinguish between nationals and non-nationals

• It allows states to distinguish between nationals and non-nationals on an unjustified basis

• It is applied in a discriminatory fashion

• These answers are all correct, but also all not correct

There are a number of tests to find extra-territorial jurisdiction in international human rights law. Which of the following is not?

• Personal model

• Spatial model

• Functional model

• Legal model

If a state intercepts a migrant boat at sea, which areas of international law apply?

• international human rights law

• international refugee law

• the law of the sea

• international space law

Which of the following is not a grounds for persecution under the Refugee Convention?

• Race

• Religion

• Political opinion

• Economic status