Fenced basketball court for unaccompanied minors in Moria hotspot.
Situated in the premises of the former registration and
nationality identification center, Moria hotspot was
proclaimed as the utter contrary to its chaotic predecessor.
In the previous months of the “European refugee crisis,”
the registration camp at Moria—in operation since
2013—had become known for its inadequate
infrastructure, despicable living conditions, and slow and
incomplete bureaucratic procedures. In the
Commissioner’s words: “If this [the creation of the
hotspot] had taken place ten months ago, we could have
avoided what we went through this summer (…) we
would have been able to treat in a more humane manner
all those people who are seeking a better life in Europe.”
In the next months, restrictive migration policies gained
ground, as the EU-Turkey Statement of March 2015 took
effect. Instead of serving the purposes of the EU
Relocation Scheme, hotspots in Greece programmatically
became a crucial part in the plan of immediate and
collective expulsion of border-crossers.[1]
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