EU to propose mandatory refugee quotas

The distribution of asylum seekers within the EU is highly uneven, with 
Germany receiving almost one-third of the 626,710 asylum applications made in 2014, and Sweden taking in more than 80,000
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Asylum applications made within EU (2014)

TOTAL 626,710 45% increase on 2013

Germany 202,685 (32.4%)

Sweden 81,075 (12.9%)

Italy 64,635 (10.3%)

France 62,740 (10.0%)

Hungary 42,770 (6.8%)

UK 31,745 (5.1%)

Austria 28,035 (4.5%)

Netherlands 26,220 (4.2%)

Belgium 22,710 (3.6%)

Denmark 14,675 (2.3%)

Other 49,420 (7.9%)
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Asylum applicants to EU (28 countries from 2013)

2008 226,330

2009 266,395

2010 260,835

2011 309,820

2012 336,015

2013 432,055	

2014 626,710
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Source: Eurostat		

Picture: Associated Press

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