A point on the EU's outer border where incoming migrants are identified, registered and fingerprinted.
Centre of Planning and Economic Research EMN Greek National Contact Point, [Reception System](http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/what-we-do/networks/european_migration_network/reports/docs/emn-studies/reception-systems/gr-report_en.pdf), its Capabilities and the Social Situation of Asylum Applicants in Greece (7.4.2016).
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).