EU border security and migration into the European Union: FRONTEX and securitisation through practices

European Security

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 231-254

  Léonard, Sarah ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b SCIENCES PO   (France)

Author keywords

border security; European Union; FRONTEX; migration; securitisation

Indexed keywords

EID: 85110856262     PISSN: 09662839     EISSN: 17461545     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09662839.2010.526937     Document Type: Article

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