Negotiating risks and threats: Securing borders through the lens of intelligence

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?

Negotiating risks and threats: Securing borders through the lens of intelligence © European Union, 2015/Source: EC - Audiovisual Service/Photo: Angelos Tzortzinis
Internal view of Frontex Warsaw office
Internal view of Frontex Warsaw office - © European Union, 2017/Photo: Wojtek Radwanski