ABSTRACT
Since its creation, Frontex, as an agency, has become more robust if the increasing budget, its autonomy in regards to joint operations, training activities, and data assimilation are considered. Despite an emphasis put on human rights apparatus, there are still growing concerns about the respect of fundamental rights. To conclude, two paradoxes can be outlined as a result of Frontex's activities. First, the emergency-driven activities are particularly at odds with the recurrence of the migrant crises at the EU borders. Second, the agency's role in the definition of the European border regime can be compared to that of border control operations at the US-Mexico border. If we consider the focus on the criminal-network dimension of the border crossings in the risk analysis produced by the agency, it seems to ignore the role played by the agency itself, among other border control measures, in the 'escalation' process.
