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RSS![View of the new reception centre on Leros](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2022-01/Leros-Kos-1_0.jpg?itok=-do0tNr3)
27 November 2021 marked the opening of two new reception centres on the Greek islands of Leros and Kos. A €121 million grant from the European Commission was used for the construction of the two facilities, as well as the existing reception centre on Samos.
![Deputy Director-General Beate Gminder, and the Greek Minister of Migration and Asylum Notis Mitarachi in the ceremonial inauguration of the centre](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-09/opening%20ceremony_Beate%20and%20Notis.jpg?itok=5vsm6rtt)
The newly built Multi-Purpose Reception and Identification centre on Samos - Zervou officially opened its doors on 18 September 2021.
![Kos – aerial view of the progress of works, May 2021](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-09/kos_1.jpg?itok=lccdoHZ0)
A year after a fire destroyed the Moria reception centre in Lesvos, progress continues on the construction of new reception facilities across the eastern Aegean islands.
![Island of Leros – installation of accommodation units in the new reception centre](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-09/installation_of_accommodation_units_in_leros_0.jpg?itok=dLF9jYxp)
A year after the fire in camp Moria, on Lesvos, significant efforts have been done to relocate refugees from Greece to other EU Member States, improve lives of unaccompanied minors, and improve the living conditions in temporary facilities.
![Commissioner Johansson first visit to Greek islands](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-09/Commissioner%20Johansson%20first%20visit%20to%20Greek%20islands-1.jpeg?itok=m0ffhRM2)
On 29 and 30 March, Commissioner Johansson went to Greece to visit the Greek islands of Lesvos and Samos to meet with Greek authorities and the camps’ residents.
![Project WASH - improving hygiene facilities in the temporary facility on Lesvos](https://home-affairs.ec.europa.eu/sites/default/files/styles/oe_theme_ratio_3_2_medium/public/2021-09/Project%20WASH-3.jpg?itok=r9Btgbt-)
After fires destroyed Moria camp in September 2020, the temporary facility was set up in record time to accommodate 10 000 residents. Providing washing and hygiene, or ‘WASH’, facilities became an urgent priority.