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EU migrant quotas: how many would countries take?

13 May 2015, 23:26 CET
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(BRUSSELS) - The EU unveiled a plan Wednesday for dealing with an unprecedented wave of migrants, including controversial plans for binding quotas across member states.

The distribution of migrants would be bound by complex rules: national economic output, population, unemployment rates and the number of refugees already admitted to an individual country.

For refugees rescued while trying to cross the Mediterranean, the quotas by percentage of the total number of people rescued is as follows:

Austria: 2.62 per cent

Belgium: 2.91 per cent

Bulgaria: 1.25 per cent

Croatia: 1.73 per cent

Cyprus: 0.39 per cent

Czech Republic: 2.98 per cent

Estonia: 1.76 per cent

Finland: 1.72 per cent

France: 14.17 per cent

Germany: 18.42 per cent

Greece: 1.90 per cent

Hungary: 1.79 per cent

Italy: 11.84 per cent

Latvia: 1.21 per cent

Lithuania: 1.16 per cent

Luxembourg: 0.85 per cent

Malta: 0.69 per cent

Netherlands: 4.35 per cent

Poland: 5.64 per cent

Portugal: 3.89 per cent

Romania: 3.75 per cent

Slovakia: 1.78 per cent

Slovenia: 1.15 per cent

Spain: 9.10 per cent

Sweden: 2.92 per cent

Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom do not feature on the list because they can opt out of the scheme under European treaties.

The EU also plans a separate relocation scheme for 20,000 refugees -- mainly Syrian -- who are transferred directly from camps for displaced people in the Middle East and North Africa under a deal with the UN refugee agency.

Austria: 2,22 per cent, or 444 people

Belgium: 2.45 per cent, or 490 people

Bulgaria: 1.08 per cent or 216 people

Croatia: 1.58 per cent or 315 people

Cyprus: 0.34 per cent or 69 people

Czech Republic: 2.63 per cent or 525 people

Estonia: 1.63 per cent or 326 people

Finland: 1.46 per cent or 293 people

France: 11.87 per cent or 2,375 people

Germany: 15.43 per cent or 3,086 people

Greece: 1.61 per cent or 323 people

Hungary: 1.53 per cent or 307 people

Italy: 9.94 per cent or 1,989 people

Latvia: 1.10 per cent or 220 people

Lithuania: 1,03 per cent or 207 people

Luxembourg: 0.74 per cent or 147 people

Malta: 0.60 per cent or 121 people

Netherlands: 3,66 per cent or 732 people

Poland: 4.81 per cent or 962 people

Portugal: 3.52 per cent or 704 people

Romania: 3.29 per cent or 657 people

Slovakia: 1.60 per cent or 319 people

Slovenia: 1.03 per cent or 207 people

Spain: 7,75 per cent or 1,549 people

Sweden: 2,46 per cent or 491 people

The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark are allowed to opt out of the scheme, but their quotas were set as follows: Denmark: 1.73 per cent or 345 people; Ireland: 1.36 per cent or 272 people; United Kingdom: 11.54 per cent or 2,309.


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