reception centre

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reception centre

(in Britain) n
1. (Social Welfare) a place to which distressed people, such as vagrants, addicts, victims of a disaster, refugees, etc, go pending more permanent arrangements
2. (Social Welfare) a local-authority home where children are looked after in a family crisis or where long-term placement is arranged for a child whose family cannot provide a home
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reception centre

n (Brit) → centro di raccolta
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Petrides announced on Wednesday that his ministry would create one or two more refugee reception centres catering for 1,000 persons to respond to the increased migration flow.
Cyprus to demand EU relocates 'significant number' of island's asylum seekers
Cyprus will set up more refugee reception centres with a capacity of about 1000 persons to tackle a spike in irregular migration, Interior Minister Constantinos Petrides said.
CYPRUS: More reception centres to open under asylum influx
This has created serious challenges for the health system in BiH - as it was not designed to allow or provide access to primary and secondary health care for such a large number of asylum-seekers, refugees and migrants, whether living privately or in temporary reception centres.
Swiss Embassy donates van to Refugee Center Salakovac
This is among efforts being taken to ease conditions in overcrowded reception centres, and transfer the more vulnerable to safety as winter sets in.
UNHCR: Situation on Greek islands still grim despite speeded transfers
The French President yesterday announced plans to move the 9,000 migrants living in the camp to reception centres across France.
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ATHENS, Jumada II 6, 1437, Mar 15, 2016, SPA -- Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said on Tuesday there was "no chance" border shutdowns throughout the Balkans would be lifted and urged refugees to move to reception centres set up by the state, Reuters reported.
Greek Prime Minister sees "no chance" Balkan route will reopen, migrants must move to shelters
The reception centres should only be in use for several days.
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"This year, the number will be extremely high as nearly 30,000 have been provided shelter in the "reception centres" in Lampedusa and Sicilian Islands.
40 migrants to Italy perish as boat sinks off Lampedusa
He and his team plan to visit all the reception centres, providing basic medical care and treatment, including hospitalization.
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