Frontex, the Euro-Mediterranean Border and the Paradoxes of Humanitarian Rhetoric

Campesi, Giuseppe

doi:10.2139/ssrn.2519410

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“…It is thus in the interest of EU decision-makers to address this issue, and it is in the interest of FRONTEX to show a firmer commitment to the implementation of fundamental rights. Although scholars differ in their assessment of to what extent discourses focusing on fundamental rights translate into actual FRONTEX practice, there appears to be a consensus that humanitarian rhetoric is used by the agency in order to build legitimacy for the organisation and its activities (Campesi 2014;Aas and Gundhus 2015;Horsti 2012;Pallister-Wilkins 2015;Perkowski 2016).…”

Section: Do Norms Serve or Hurt Frontex's Interests?mentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Human rights groups frequently criticise the agency for its activities, and the legality of some of its operations has been questioned in the scholarly literature (Carrera, den Hertog and Parkin 2013;Papastavridis 2010;Baldaccini 2010;Pollak and Slominski 2009;Vara 2015). At the same time, recent studies (see for example Aas and Gundhus 2015;Pallister-Wilkins 2015;Perkowski 2016;Campesi 2014;Horsti 2012) have shown that humanitarian concerns have been given increased emphasis in FRONTEX's rhetoric. Several studies imply that humanitarian discourse is used to legitimise the agency's existence, but that there is 'intensified organizational focus on human rights' (Aas and Gundhus 2015: 14; see also Pallister-Wilkins 2015;Perkowski 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Several studies imply that humanitarian discourse is used to legitimise the agency's existence, but that there is 'intensified organizational focus on human rights' (Aas and Gundhus 2015: 14; see also Pallister-Wilkins 2015;Perkowski 2016). Campesi (2014), however, is less generous in his assessment and argues that the agency is using humanitarian rhetoric to legitimise its existence and gain more resources.…”

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Normative Power Frontex? Assessing agency cooperation with third countries

Ekelund¹

2019

The External Dimension of EU Agencies and Bodies

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Human rights groups frequently criticise FRONTEX and the legality of the agency's operations has been questioned in scholarly literature. At the same time, recent studies have shown that humanitarian concerns are increasingly emphasised in FRONTEX's rhetoric. Drawing on Manners' concept of 'Normative Power Europe', and Niemann and de Wekker's framework for empirical analysis of normative power Europe, this paper assesses FRONTEX's cooperation with third countries with a focus on one norm: respect for fundamental rights. It examines to what extent the agency shows a genuine commitment to the implementation of fundamental rights and to what extent the agency is acting in a normative way, i.e. applying universal norms and showing willingness to listen to and learn from the experiences of third countries. The analysis suggests that that the agency has moved towards a more genuine commitment towards fundamental rights implementation and that there is a fair degree of inclusivity and reflexivity to third country cooperation. However, the possibility of internal conflicts of interest as well as discrepancies between what is stated on paper and what is happening on the ground may stand in the way of the agency's exercising normative power.

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Section: Do Norms Serve or Hurt Frontex's Interests?mentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

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Section: Introductionmentioning

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Normative Power Frontex? Assessing agency cooperation with third countries

Ekelund¹

2019

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“…The securitization of migration engenders continuous anxiety, calling for continuous vigilance to anticipate and minimize risks, legitimizing policies of permanent exceptionality. Under this optic, EU border policing, as facilitated/co‐ordinated by Frontex, has been framed as a set of ‘securitizing practices’ pertaining to this process (Campesi, ; Franko Aas and Gundhus, ; Léonard, ; cf . Neal, ; Perkowski, ).…”

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The EU Humanitarian Border and the Securitization of Human Rights: The ‘Rescue‐Through‐Interdiction/Rescue‐Without‐Protection’ Paradigm

Moreno-Lax

2017

J of Common Market Studies

149

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This article looks at securitization/humanitarianization dynamics in the EU external sea borders to track and critique the substantial transformation of the role played by human rights in the Mediterranean. Mapping the evolution of maritime engagement up to the 'refugee crisis', it is revealed how the invocation of human rights serves paradoxically to curtail (migrants') human rights, justifying interdiction ('to save lives'), and impeding access to safety in Europe. The result is a double reification of 'boat migrants' as threats to border security and as victims of smuggling/trafficking. Through a narrative of 'rescue', interdiction is laundered into an ethically sustainable strategy of border governance. Instead of being considered a problematic (potentially lethal) means of control, it is re-defined into a life-saving device. The ensuing 'rescue-through-interdiction'/'rescue-without-protection' paradigm alters the nature of human rights, which, rather than functioning as a check on interdiction, end up co-opted as another securitization/humanitarianization tool.

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“…Issues of management of joint operations of Frontex were studied by R. Cortinovis (2015) and S. Leonard (2009). In Frontex research, attention is mainly paid to problems of refugees and asylum seekers, for instance, Frontex cooperation with the EU Agency for Fundamental Rights and the European Asylum Support Office was studied by L. Klostermann (2015), but G. Camperi (2015) investigated the role of Frontex in protection of the Mediterranean Sea border, in issues related to human rights of refugees and asylum seekers. Analysing the studies, it is necessary to conclude that in Latvia there is no research into the influence of Frontex cooperation on SBG functioning.…”

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Effect of Cooperation With the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) on the Facilitation of Training Process of the Latvian State Bo

Arbidāne

Lobanovs²,

Pokule

et al. 2016

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The research focuses on major cooperation directions established between the State Border Guard of Latvia and the European Agency FRONTEX. It deals with the legal regulation of SBG and FRONTEX cooperation, depicts and analyses SBG and FRONTEX cooperation in the field of training as well as explores the main pillars of SBG and FRONTEX cooperation development perspectives. The aim of the research is to investigate how SBG cooperation with the Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) influences the increase of SBG officers' capacity regarded in carrying out their functions. The main tasksthat were brought up are as follows: to investigate the legal regulation of SBG and FRONTEX cooperation as well as to analyse the main directions of SBG and FRONTEX cooperation in the training process of the officers, finally, to study perspectives of SBG and FRONTEX cooperation development aiming at officers' capacity building. The key methods employed in the framework of this research are: descriptive method, analysis and synthesis, clustering, graphical method.

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Frontex, the Euro-Mediterranean Border and the Paradoxes of Humanitarian Rhetoric

Cited by 26 publications

References 7 publications

Normative Power Frontex? Assessing agency cooperation with third countries

Normative Power Frontex? Assessing agency cooperation with third countries

The EU Humanitarian Border and the Securitization of Human Rights: The ‘Rescue‐Through‐Interdiction/Rescue‐Without‐Protection’ Paradigm

Effect of Cooperation With the European Agency for the Management of Operational Cooperation at the External Borders of the Member States of the European Union (Frontex) on the Facilitation of Training Process of the Latvian State Bo

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