reception centre
Britishnoun
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a place to which distressed people, such as vagrants, addicts, victims of a disaster, refugees, etc, go pending more permanent arrangements
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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
Example Sentences
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Near a migrant reception centre in Las Palmas, a major city in the Canary Islands, Ousmane Ly, a recently arrived 25-year-old Senegalese man, gazed at the beach.
From Barron's • Feb. 10, 2026
About 10 children freed from the ADF arrive on average each month at the reception centre in the troubled northeast Ituri province.
From Barron's • Dec. 26, 2025
The island of Lampedusa is home to a migrant reception centre that is often overcrowded with challenging living conditions.
From BBC • Aug. 14, 2025
That year he also made headlines for ordering that murals of cartoon characters at a reception centre for child asylum seekers in Dover be painted over.
From BBC • Jul. 29, 2024
Von der Leyen was accompanied by Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni and the car carrying them to Lampedusa's migrant reception centre was briefly blocked by locals protesting over the burden facing the island.
From Reuters • Sep. 17, 2023
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