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Migrant Accommodation Centre Opens in Brest

3 May 2007

On 20 April Brest hosted an official opening of a Migrant Accommodation Centre constructed and equipped under the EU/UNDP joint project “Enhancing Border Management in the Republic of Belarus” (BOMBEL-1). The 12-bed center will host illicit migrants (refugees or persons applying for a refugee status). The center was designed and constructed in the second half of 2006 on the premises of military unit 21/87 of the Brest frontier post in line with the standards of the European Committee for Prevention of Torture and Inhuman Treatment or Punishment.