ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Tineke Strik

Tineke Strik is a member of the European Parliament for the Greens/EFA group, and professor of Citizenship and Migration Law at Radboud University. She was the rapporteur of the final report by the Frontex Scrutiny Working Group, of July 2021.

POSTS BY Tineke Strik

08 September 2022

Tineke Strik

European Oversight on Frontex

The scandals about the complicity of Frontex in human rights violations in autumn 2020 exposed weaknesses in the accountability system. In this blog, I will elaborate on this by presenting the rules governing democratic accountability, followed by an analysis of the lessons learned during the parliamentary inquiry on Frontex’ human rights-related performances, in the light of their obligations. I will conclude with ideas on how to strengthen democratic accountability, and how to expand it to the much-needed public accountability of Frontex. Continue reading >>