Essays about: "Frontex"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 14 essays containing the word Frontex.

1. 1. The Living Dead: Securing the (Eu)ropean Border : Frontex’s problem representation of migration and its institutional expansion

   University essay from Försvarshögskolan

   Author : Ivo Franz Hagström; [2023]
   Keywords : Frontex; EU; border control; migration; postcolonialism; feminism; corporeal research;

   Abstract : Since the 2015 migration crisis, Frontex has expanded and increased its information-gathering on migrants. This has led to controversial activities post-2015 despite the Agency’s self-perceived humanitarian identity. READ MORE

3. 2. The Humanitarian Border – A Paradox? : A Conceptual Analysis of Ambiguities and Contradictions in the Border Regime of the European Union

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Avdelningen för migration, etnicitet och samhälle (REMESO)

   Author : Gina Linnert; [2023]
   Keywords : Mediterranean Sea; European Union; Humanitarian Border; Humanitarian Borderwork; Borders; Mobility; Conceptual Analysis;

   Abstract : People have been migrating across the Mediterranean Sea between Africa and Europe for thousands of years. Since the 1990s, the Mediterranean has often been the only route for people to reach the EU due to the tightening of the EU border regime. READ MORE

4. 3. Heroes, Villains & Victims : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the Swedish News Media’s Representation of Frontex

   University essay from Malmö universitet/Institutionen för globala politiska studier (GPS)

   Author : Eva Björling; [2022]
   Keywords : Frontex; Sweden; CDA; victim saviour dichotomy; humanitarian borderwork.;

   Abstract : This thesis explores in which ways the EUs border management agency Frontex was represented as a ‘humanitarian’ actor in the Swedish news media during Operation Triton 2014-2017 in the Central Mediterranean. It conducts a critical discourse analysis of Sweden’s largest newspaper Aftonbladet, using traditional and contemporary understandings of humanitarianism paired with saviour, villain, and victim narratives as a theoretical framework. READ MORE

5. 4. Pushing the Border Outwards : A Critical Discourse Analysis of the European Commission’s Securitisation of Migration and the Right to Asylum

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

   Author : Sam Nissander; [2021]
   Keywords : Asylum; Copenhagen School of Security Studies; EU; European Commission; Externalisation; Discourse Analysis; Migration; Securitisation;

   Abstract : This thesis scrutinises the European Commission’s discourse surrounding the externalisation of migration and asylum policies and discusses what potential implications this may have on the right to asylum. The aim of this work is to increase the understanding of how migration and security are discursively connected and identify what this discourse looks like. READ MORE

6. 5. Discrepancies in European Union policies towards illegal immigration : The securitisation of the visa-overstayer and the irregular migrant

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Frida Hansen; [2020]
   Keywords : Securitisation; Migration; The European Union; Visa-overstaying; Schengen; Irregular immigration; Illegal immigration; The Schengen Visa Regime; Visa; Externalisation; FRONTEX; Irregular border crossings; Säkerhetisering; Migration; Europeiska Unionen; Visa-overstayer; Visum; Schengen; Irreguljär migration; Illegal immigration; Externalisering; FRONTEX;

   Abstract : Visa-liberalisation agreements are commonly used as an incentive by the EU to encourage cooperation within the realm of border and migration management with its neighbouring countries. The ultimate aim of these agreements is to reduce irregular migration to Schengen territory, something that has been percieved as an increasingly urgent issue for European policy makers in the wake of the 2015 'migration crisis'. READ MORE