EU forges ahead with migrant quota plan

The European Commission has unveiled a new plan to tackle the Mediterranean migration crisis, which includes 20,000 refugees being offered asylum in the EU over the next two years
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ALLOCATION OF MIGRANTS: Based on 20,000 people (% of total)

Germany 3,086 (15.43)

France 2,375 (11.87)

UK 2,309 (11.54)

Italy 1,987 (9.94)

Spain 1,549 (7.75)

Poland 962 (4.81)

Netherlands 732 (3.66)

Portugal 704 (3.52)

Romania 657 (3.29)

Czech Republic 525 (2.63)

Sweden 491 (2.46)

Belgium 490 (2.45)

Austria 444 (2.22)

Denmark 345 (1.73)

Estonia 326 (1.63)

Greece 323 (1.61)

Slovakia 319 (1.60)

Croatia 315 (1.58)

Hungary 307 (1.53)

Finland 293 (1.46)

Ireland 272 (1.36)

Latvia 220 (1.10)

Bulgaria 216 (1.08)

Lithuania 207 (1.03)

Slovenia 207 (1.03)

Luxembourg 147 (0.74)

Malta 121 (0.60)

Cyprus 69 (0.34)

Countries not obliged to join EU quota scheme – UK has already rejected plan
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HOW MIGRANTS ARE ALLOCATED

Based on criteria reflecting capacity of EU members to integrate refugees

Population size

Total GDP

Average number of spontaneousasylum applications and numberof resettled refugees per one millioninhabitants from 2010-2014

Unemployment rate
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Source: Eurostat

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