The capacity and occupancy of accommodation sites can be seen in the following table:
Capacity and occupancy of the asylum reception system: March 2022 (for camps) /
December 2022 (for CCACs)
Centre
Occupancy at end of March 2022 (for camps)
& December 2022 (for RICs/CCACs)
Capacity
Islands
Lesvos CCAC
Samos CΑCC
Chios CCAC
Leros CΑCC
Kos CΑCC
8,000
2,040
1,014
1,780
2,356
1,709
1,013
374
358
917
Mainland
Agia Eleni
Alexandria
Andravida
Diavata
Drama
Elaionas
Filippiada
Katsikas
Kavala
Klidi-Sintiki
Korinthos
Koutsochero
Lagadikia
Malakasa
Nea Kavala
Oinofyta
Ritsona
Schisto
Serres
Thermopyles
Thiva
Vagiochori
Veria
Volos
Grand total
462
584
498
906
390
1,820
737
1,152
1,207
492
896
1,678
426
1,785
1,680
621
2,948
1,358
1,651
560
956
792
489
149
39,427
176
241
194
552
199
1,588
295
676
272
---------638
600
129
864
520
351
2,283
742
736
195
488
216
201
83
16,610
Source: IOM, Supporting the Greek Authorities in Managing the National Reception System for Asylum Seekers and
Vulnerable Migrants (SMS), March 2022, available at: https://bit.ly/43mIVEv; National Coordination Centre for border
Control, Immigration and Asylum, Εικόνα Κατάστασης Στο Ανατολικό Αιγαίο 31.12. 22, 31 December 2022, available
in Greek at: https://bit.ly/45kpuOq.
1.2 ESTIA accommodation scheme
UNHCR started implementing an accommodation scheme dedicated to relocation candidates
(“Accommodation for Relocation”) through its own funds in November 2015. 751 Following a Delegation
751
UNHCR, Greece: Accommodation for Relocation Project Factsheet, 1 July 2016, available at:
http://bit.ly/2lNOmLG.
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