Frontex: An Accountability Problem

From December 2012, Frontex will house a fundamental rights officer, bowing to demands from the European Parliament to improve oversight and accountability of the Warsaw-based borders agency, and in line with popular concerns about the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean. Yet this move will only aggravate the political tensions surrounding the agency’s activities. Against the backdrop of the Syrian refugee crisis, as well as the border problems in Greece, a more consensual approach is required to control Frontex.