Border controls as a dimension of the european union’s counter-terrorism policy: A critical assessment

Leonard, Sarah

Abstract

© 2015 Taylor & Francis. This article critically examines the use and effectiveness of border controls in the European Union (EU)’s counter-terrorism policy. It shows that the EU has made substantial progress towards achieving the objectives that it had set for itself in this policy area, but has not managed to fulfil all of them, and certainly not by the deadlines originally set. It further argues that, contrary to their usual depiction in EU official documents, these border control measures make a limited contribution to the actual fight against terrorism, whilst having some negative effects. From that viewpoint, the fact that the EU has failed to meet all of its objectives in the use of border controls for counter-terrorist purposes may paradoxically be seen as a positive outcome.

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Apr 30, 2013
• Online Publication Date: Jan 13, 2015
• Publication Date: Jan 1, 2015
• Deposit Date: May 7, 2019
• Publicly Available Date: May 7, 2019
• Journal: Intelligence and National Security
• Print ISSN: 0268-4527
• Electronic ISSN: 1743-9019
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis (Routledge)
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 30
• Issue: 2-3
• Pages: 306-332
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.988447
• Keywords: terrorism, counter-terrorism, border controls, effectiveness, Schengen, European Union
• Public URL: https://uwe-repository.worktribe.com/output/839446
• Publisher URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.988447
• Additional Information: Additional Information : This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Intelligence and National Security on 13th January 2015, available online: https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2014.988447.
• Contract Date: May 7, 2019