Public fears concerning migration, terrorism and Islam are real. It is up to us as scholars to ensure that the connections between all three that increasingly take place in public and political debate are delinked. A blog on the power of discourse in tempering crimmigration.
Imagine yourself driving home and suddenly you come across a human being in direct need of help in terms of shelter, food, clothes, etc. Would you expect to be arrested and punished by your government for helping this individual?
Intelligence-led policing is intended to support decisions and governance of migration, and make border control more predictable and manageable. Risk analyses produced by Frontex, the European Border and Coast Guard Agency, aim systematically to achieve more efficient border control in tandem with the ‘highest possible standard’ of border policing. The question to be raised is how risk indicators are constructed, and further translated and negotiated in border police practice?
