Source: European Parlament
This study focuses on the issue of trafficking in human beings in the first reception facilities for migrants and/or refugees coming into the EU by sea that are operated in Greece and Italy as part of the EU ‘hotspot approach’ launche in 2015. Currently nine hotspots are located on the EU’s external borders under this approach, for the initial reception, identification and registration of asylum-seekers and other migrants: five are located in Greece and four in Italy