This paper conceptualises Lesvos hotspot as a biopolitical borderzone where migrants experience concentrated violent practices of borders, including legal exclusion, presence of exclusionary surveillance and absence of surveillance for safety, degrading living conditions, and waiting. The paper also discusses the biopolitical consequences of these practices for migrants such as physical illnesses and injuries, and psychological disorders. The paper contributes to the scholarship on biopolitical borders in two main ways. First, through conceptualising hotspot as a form of biopolitical borderzone and demonstrating the specific biopolitical practices in the Lesvos hotspot and their effects on migrants. Second, through highlighting the key role of waiting in the operations of the biopolitical border. The paper demonstrates how waiting is entangled in a complex way with other biopolitical practices and how it both creates and amplifies biopolitical effects for migrants.

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生物政治暴力与等待：作为生物政治边界区的热点

本文将莱斯沃斯岛热点地区概念化为生物政治边界区，在那里移民经历了集中的边界暴力行为，包括法律排斥，存在排他性监视和缺乏安全性监视，生活条件恶化以及等待。本文还讨论了这些做法对移民的生物政治后果，例如身体疾病和伤害以及心理疾病。本文以两种主要方式为生物政治边界研究做出了贡献。首先，通过将热点概念化为生物政治边界带的一种形式，并论证莱斯沃斯热点地区的具体生物政治实践及其对移民的影响。第二，通过强调等待在生物政治边界运作中的关键作用。