ABSTRACT
Processes of migration between African countries and the efficiency of state borders have become the apple of the European Union’s eye in the face of the migration crisis. Specialized EU agencies have increased their activity on the African continent to analyse social, economic, and human factors that shape the push and pull factors of migration. The Africa-Frontex Intelligence Community (AFIC) represents a new type of multilateral relationship where state actors cooperate with a non-state actor in monitoring the flow of people across borders and combating crimes related to it. The aim of this chapter is to study whether cooperation between Frontex and African countries is an opportunity to understand the root causes and motivations of the flow of people from Africa to Europe or just an obligation imposed on neighbouring countries to stop migration on their continent before it reaches the shores of the European Union. This will allow us to better understand whether more information obtained at the source by Frontex can provoke a constructive debate between both sides and lead to the realignment of many EU countries’ misshapen attitudes toward and perceptions of Africa.
