ECRE: The implementation of the hotspots in Italy and Greece

ECRE: The implementation of the hotspots in Italy and Greece

The EU ‘hotspot approach’ was designed to ensure operational support to Member States facing disproportionate migratory pressure. However, one year since the first hotspots was set up and half a year since the entry into force of the EU Turkey Statement, research...

Asylum seekers transferred from northern Italy to Taranto hotspot

Last week, approximately 100 persons staying in the Via Corelli reception centre in Milan were transferred by  bus to the Taranto hotspot (approximately 1,000km south of Milan), where migrants and asylum seekers are being unlawfully detained. Similar incidents have...