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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On her visit, Mahmood also inspected dormitory accommodation for new arrivals to Denmark at a reception centre in a rural location, 16 miles from the Danish capital.
From BBC
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
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
We witness dozens, old and young, arriving at a reception centre just over the border in Lozova.
From BBC
Around 200 people arrive at this one reception centre every single day.
From BBC
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