“GIVING FORM TO CHAOS”: THE FUTILITY OF EU BORDER MANAGEMENT AT MORIA HOTSPOT IN LESVOS BAR AK KAL IR AND KAT ER INA R O ZAKO U HO ME / U N CATEGO RI ZED / “GI VI NG FO RM TO CH AO S”: THE FU TI L I TY O F EU BO RDER MANAGEMENT AT MO RI A HO TSPO T I N LE SV O S This essay is part of the forum “Governing mobility through European Hotspot Centres.” On October 15, 2015, the EU Migration Commissioner, Dimitris Avramopoulos, inaugurated the hotspot in Lesvos. Along with the Commissioner were the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Luxembourg (the state then holding the EU Presidency) and the Greek Alternate Minister of Immigration Policy. The presence of the three officials during the inauguration, and the declared operational support of EU agencies (EASO, Frontex, Europol, and Eurojust) to the Greek authorities in running the hotspot, reflected the mixed national and supra-state character of the new border control structure. 1 of 13