Frontex, keeping a forceful watch at the borders of Fortress Europe
Boursier, Hugo ; Souici, Sadak
2019
20
32-36
migration policy ; frontier ; implementation of control measures ; EU policy ; trade union document
Migration
English
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"With its coastguards and border guards, this is the European Union institution that has expanded the most rapidly. In the space of 15 years, Frontex has become the key agency in Europe's migration policy, ensuring control of the periphery of the Schengen Area and policing the Mediterranean, from its headquarters in Poland down to Spain and the south of Albania. But its detractors condemn this as a further manifestation of “Fortress Europe”.
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