A point on the EU's outer border where incoming migrants are identified, registered and fingerprinted.
([Financial Times, online, EU migrant ‘hotspot’ policy takes heat from angry governments 20.4.2016.](https://next.ft.com/content/d6f5e8f2-62d1-11e5-a28b-50226830d644))
Based on European Commission, The [Hotspot](http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/european-agenda-migration/background-information/docs/2_hotspots_en.pdf) Approach To Managing Exceptional Migratory Flows (4.2.2016).