Reception Systems, their Capacities and the Social Situation of Asylum Applicants within the Reception Systems (2006)

The study addresses two main aspects: a description of reception facilities in several EU Member States, the number, capacities and location of such accommodation centres and of other accommodation; and an analysis of the social situation of asylum applicants within the accommodation centres. The study also contains a description of the administrative and legal frameworks of the asylum application procedures. The Slovak Republic did not contribute to this study.