How many newspapers will report Frontex figure with the caveat: “this may include significant double counting”? Is this not utterly irresponsible given the political implications and moral panic generated by inflated figures? I hinted to Frontex politics of counting in a piece on Calais in The Conversation : https://theconversation.com/calais-migrants-are-not-invadin… but didn’t expect a blunt admission like this.
Brief conversation with @FrontexEU, 13 October 2015
More than 710 000 migrants entered EU in first 9 months of 2015, Greek islands remain most affected pic.twitter.com/7oQT6Cewkg — Frontex (@FrontexEU) October 13, 2015
@FrontexEU how can you be sure you are not double-counting as not everyone is identified & people cross multiple #EUborders? #refugeecrisis — Nando Sigona (@nandosigona) October 13, 2015
@nandosigona Monthly figure includes all detections @ EU external borders. People arriving in Greece would again be counted entering Hungary — Frontex (@FrontexEU) October 13, 2015
@FrontexEU thanks, so the real number…
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