Hotspot camp
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Ahotspot campis arefugee campdesigned as the initial reception point forrefugeeson the borders of theEuropean 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 inGreece,on islands off theTurkish coast,and five in southernItaly.[1]
Bibliography
[edit]- 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)doi:10.3240/86889full text