EU redistribution numbers for asylum seekers, refugees
(BRUSSELS) - The European Commission on Wednesday asked Member Sates to admit 20,000 Syrian refugees from outside Europe and process another 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea landing in Italy and Greece.
The distribution would be bound by complex rules: national economic output, population, unemployment rates and the number of refugees already admitted to an individual country.
For the 20,000 Syrian refugees, the distribution is as follows.
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 percent 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 percent 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
For the 24,000 asylum seekers transferred from Italy, the distribution is as follows:
Country Percentage Seekers Germany 21.91 per cent 5,258 France 16.88 per cent 4,051 Spain 10.72 per cent 2,573 Poland 6.65 per cent 1,595 Netherlands 5.12 per cent 1,228 Romania 4.26 per cent 1,023 Portugal 4.25 per cent 1,021 Sweden 3.42 per cent 821 Belgium 3.41 per cent 818 Czech Republic 3.32 per cent 797 Austria 3.03 per cent 728 Hungary 2.07 per cent 496 Finland 1.98 per cent 475 Slovakia 1.96 per cent 471 Croatia 1.87 per cent 448 Estonia 1.85 per cent 443 Bulgaria 1.43 per cent 343 Cyprus 0.43 per cent 104 Latvia 1.29 per cent 310 Lithuania 1.26 per cent 302 Slovenia 1.24 per cent 297 Luxembourg 0.92 per cent 221 Malta 0.73 per cent 175
For the 16,000 asylum seekers transferred from Greece, the distribution is as follows:
Country Percentage Seekers Germany 21.91 per cent 3,505 France 16.88 per cent 2,701 Spain 10.72 per cent 1,715 Poland 6.65 per cent 1,064 Netherlands 5.12 per cent 819 Romania 4.26 per cent 682 Portugal 4.25 per cent 680 Sweden 3.42 per cent 548 Belgium 3.41 per cent 546 Czech Republic 3.32 per cent 531 Austria 3.03 per cent 485 Hungary 2.07 per cent 331 Finland 1.98 per cent 317 Slovakia 1.96 per cent 314 Croatia 1.87 per cent 299 Estonia 1.85 per cent 295 Bulgaria 1.43 per cent 229 Latvia 1.29 per cent 207 Lithuania 1.26 per cent 201 Slovenia 1.24 per cent 198 Luxembourg 0.92 per cent 147 Malta 0.73 per cent 117 Cyprus 0.43 per cent 69
The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark are allowed to opt out of both schemes under EU treaties.