A reception centre is a place where people who have no homes or are being looked after by the governmentcan live until somewhere else is found for them to live.
[mainly British]
reception centre in British English
noun social welfare(in Britain)
1.
a place to which distressed people, such as vagrants, addicts, victims of a disaster, refugees, etc, go pending more permanent arrangements
2.
a local-authority home where children are looked after in a family crisis or where long-term placement is arranged for a child whose family cannot provide a home