The intention of the hotspots was to coordinate receiving, identifying, and registering refugees on the external borders of the EU.[1]
As of 2018, there were five hotspots in
Greece, on islands off the
Turkish coast, and five in southern
Italy.[1]
Bibliography
Lauren Martin, Martina Tazziol, eds., "Governing Mobility Through The European Union's 'Hotspot' Centres: A Forum", Society and Space, 2016
[2]
Alessandra Sciurba, "Categorizing migrants by undermining the right to asylum. The implementation of the 'hotspot approach' in Sicily", Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa10:1:97-120 (January-April 2017)
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abMaria Margarita Mentzelopoulou, Katrien Luyten, "Hotspots at EU external borders", European Parliamentary Research Service PE 623.563 (June 2018)
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