EU migrant quotas: how many would countries take?
(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.