Wed, 30 Mar, 2016 12:37:10 AM FTimes- STT Report, Mar 30  File Photo Lehtikuva. The Finnish Immigration Service on Tuesday announced a decision to close 33 refugee reception centres.
Furthermore, fixed-term agreements with 10 centres will expire, said the immigration service in a statement.
The accommodation capacity will be reduced in several reception centres where the operations will continue.
The closures, expiry of agreements, and capacity cuts will reduce the accommodation capacity by 7,232 beds, with the units intended for unaccompanied minor asylum seekers accounting for 613 beds.
After these and previously announced closures and cuts in accommodation capacity, the number of beds will total 20,700 in units housing adults and approximately 1,700 in units housing minors.
The occupancy rate of reception centres is currently 82 per cent. Due to the maintenance costs of vacant capacity, it is not advisable to keep beds vacant, said the immigration service.
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