Thursday 22 August – 2:00 pm
Border externalisation is a strategy through which the EU tries to outsource the control of its borders to third countries. This has accelerated in the past decade, with the most recent examples being deals with countries such as Tunisia, Mauritania and Egypt which see the EU paying those countries to stop people on the move from reaching EU borders in the first place. This workshop will provide an overview of this externalisation strategy, look into the role that Frontex plays, and highlight a case study from the Balkans region.
