The effect of Frontex's risk analysis on the European border controls
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989486 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Satoko Horii (0000-0002-9760-8383, Akita International University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 242-258 |
| Publication date | 2016-01-08 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | European Politics and Society (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2374-5126 • E-ISSN: 2374-5118 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/23745118.2016.1121002 |
| OpenAlex | W2334550411 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 23 |
| References cited | 14 |
This article examines the effect of the EU border control agency, Frontex, in its use of information. The agency organises information and analyses what is deemed to be a 'risk' for EU external borders. According to Barnett and Finnemore [2004 Rule for the World: International Organizations in Global Politics (Cornell University Press: New York)] such a task can be regarded as 'a form of power'. Frontex has developed, under the supervision of the European Commission and member states, a particular process of categorising irregular migrants, in order to determine which member states' external borders should be considered 'high risk'. This article traces how Frontex has developed a risk analysis and how this has been used in the policy-making process. As this article demonstrates, the financial resources of the European External Borders Fund are distributed to member states based on Frontex's risk analysis. It also discusses that Frontex is now assessing the member states' internal borders. These cases effectively show that its assessment affects the ability of a member state to get access to EU funding and defines whether a member state is legitimately able to reinstate the border checks at its internal border. Frontex's risk analysis is not a simple aggregation of data for operational border checks and surveillance activities, but that it should be seen as a particular form of knowledge with an important political effect
Agency (philosophy · Business · Commission · European commission · European union · International trade · Member state · Member states · Order (exchange · Political science · Politics · Process (computing · Sociology · State (computer science · Computer Science · European Criminal Justice and Data Protection · European Union Policy and Governance · Law · Migration, Refugees, and Integration · Public Administration · Finance
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Risk, scale, and smartness
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Frontex
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Pre-crime and Policing of Migrants
The (inter)visual politics of border security
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EUrope’s Exaggerated Return Conundrum
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A Neofunctionalist Perspective on the ‘European Refugee Crisis
Crise migratoire et européanisation du contrôle frontalier
Frontex and the University
Exposer à la mort pour protéger les frontières
More power, more control
Symmetry in the Delegation of Power as a Legitimacy Criterion
The gendered and racialized politics of risk analysis. The case of Frontex
Entangled Vulnerabilities
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Insecurity, security, and asecurity in the West European non-war community
Controlling a New Migration World
Security
The Politics of Insecurity
The European Union Asylum Policy after the Treaty of Lisbon and the Stockholm Programme
Identity, migration and the new security agenda in Europe
The European Parliament and Agency Control in the Area of Freedom, Security and Justice
Migration Control in Europe After 9/11
Securitization and Risk at the EU Border
Security and Immigration
The Politics, Power, and Pathologies of International Organizations
| Unique citing works | 23 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 2,56 |
| Citation span | 2017 - 2026 (10) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 22 |