information on asylum and act as the first point of reference for the irregular arrival to the country. There is currently one First-Reception Centre in Fylakio (Evros). On the islands, first reception services are currently provided by two Mobile Units. The establishment of both the First Reception Centre and the First Reception Mobile Units was supported financially by the External Borders Fund. The total EU funding of such infrastructural projects amounted approximately to EUR 9 million. 106 Further financial support was also provided through the External Borders Fund emergency measures, in order to provide some additional targeted assistance to the actual reception/identification/screening procedures of irregular migrants by the FRC and the Mobile Units. There is a serious shortage, however, in covering extant needs. Within this context UNHCR has assumed a significant operational role by focusing on strategic entry points.107 Nonetheless, the allocated budget is indicative of the different weight placed on the facilities and the importance allocated to detention and the critical first reception. 108 Table 18. Planned Constructions under Greece's 2013 revised National Action Plan 109 Item First Reception x 4 Centres Pre-removal Centres Annual Running Cost Progress of Implementation 21 million 1 operative centre (240 places) In search of funding for the rest x9 57 million 6 operative centres (4,985 places) Funding secured for remaining constructions Open Accommodation Since detention is a measure of last resort, Greece is expected to establish open accommodation facilities to shelter irregular migrants. Open accommodation centres are currently primarily designed for unaccompanied minors, families and vulnerable categories (victims of torture). Some facilities are also open to adult women and one of those may also shelter men. Run in their majority by NGOs, the pre-condition for tenants is that they are registered asylum seekers. 106 Supra 90 107 Interview with UNHCR Officer, 20 April 2014 108 See Greek Police, Reply to Greek Ombudsman, 17 July 2013, available at http://www.synigoros.gr/resources/apanthsh-elas-19-07-13.pdf 109 In its review of the Implementation of the National Action Plan, the Commission noted that “the first reception capacity continues to be in need of significant further financial and human resource investment ”, see Commission Staff Working Document 2014, p. 6 Page 49