This commentary demonstrates how the risk analysis reports of Frontex (the European Border and Coast Guard Agency) invert deviance and blame by lumping together smugglers, refugees and migrants and portraying the latter as responsible for their own suffering at Europe’s borders while obscuring the role of restrictive migration policies and border controls in producing irregularised migration in the first place. Showing how this discursive framing furthers the securitisation of migration and displaces accountability for border deaths, the author argues that it is important to question the objectivity of Frontex’s risk analyses since they contribute to normalising securitised border controls in response to irregularised migration.

Eline Waerp

Race & Class

Race & Class is a refereed, ISI-ranked publication, the foremost English language journal on racism and imperialism in the world today. For three decades it has established a reputation for the breadth of its analysis, its global outlook and its multidisciplinary approach.

Race & Class is a peer-reviewed, ISI-ranked journal and is the leading English-language publication on racism and imperialism in the world today. For three decades, it has built a reputation for its comprehensive analysis, global perspective, and multidisciplinary approach.

《Race and Class》是一本经过同行评审的、被ISI收录的期刊，是当今世界上关于种族主义和帝国主义的最重要的英文期刊。三十年来，它以其广泛的分析、全球视野和多学科的方法建立了良好的声誉。

Category	Quartile
社会学	2
社会学, 人类学	2
社会学, 民族研究	3
社会学, 社会问题	3
社会学, 社会科学跨领域	3
社会学, 社会学	3

Devious refugees and harmless borders? How Frontex inverts deviance and blame

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