Hotspot camp explained

A hotspot camp is a refugee camp designed as the initial reception point for refugees on the borders of the European Union.

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 https://www.societyandspace.org/forums/governing-mobility-through-the-european-unions-hotspot-centres
• Alessandra Sciurba, "Categorizing migrants by undermining the right to asylum. The implementation of the 'hotspot approach' in Sicily", Etnografia e ricerca qualitativa 10:1:97-120 (January-April 2017) full text

Notes and References

1. Maria Margarita Mentzelopoulou, Katrien Luyten, "Hotspots at EU external borders", European Parliamentary Research Service PE 623.563 (June 2018) https://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2018/623563/EPRS_BRI(2018)623563_EN.pdf