Definition(s)
A location with facilities for receiving, processing and attending to the immediate needs of refugees or asylum seekers as they arrive in a country of asylum.
Source(s)
UNHCR Master Glossary of Terms
Translations
- BG: приемателен център
- CS: přijímací středisko
- DE: Aufnahmeeinrichtung
- EL: κέντρο υποδοχής
- EN: reception centre
- ES: centro de acogida
- ET: vastuvõtukeskus
- FI: vastaanottokeskus
- FR: centre d’accueil (pour demandeurs d’asile)
- GA: ionad fáiltithe
- HR: prihvatilište
- HU: befogadó állomás
- IT: centro di accoglienza per richiedenti asilo
- LT: priėmimo centras
- LV: uzņemšanas centrs
- MT: Ċentru ta’ akkoljenza (għal min jitlob l-ażil)
- NL: asielzoekerscentrum (NL); opvangcentrum (BE)
- PL: ośrodek recepcyjny
- PT: centro de acolhimento
- RO: centru de primire
- SK: prijímacie zariadenie (EU acquis); záchytný tábor
- SL: sprejemni center
- SV: mottagningsenhet
- NO: transittmottak
- KA: მიმღები ცენტრი
- UK: центр прийому
- HY: ընդունելության կենտրոն
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Related Term(s)
Note(s)
For more information on categories of reception centres available in EU Member States, see EMN: the Organisation of Reception Facilities for Asylum Seekers in different Member States