EU falls short of migrant allocation target

An EU pledge to accommodate 60,000 refugees has fallen short, with some member states refusing entry to asylum seekers who have made perilous boat trips across the Mediterranean to Italy and Greece
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ALLOCATION OF PEOPLE IN NEED OF PROTECTION: Numbers as of July 20

Germany 12,100

France 9,127

Norway* 3,500

Netherlands 3,047

Spain 2,749

Belgium 2,464

UK 2,200

Poland 2,000

Italy 1,989

Austria 1,900

Sweden 1,860

Romania 1,785

Czech Rep. 1,500

Portugal 1,500

Ireland 1,120

Finland 1,085

Denmark 1,000

Croatia 550

Switzerland* 519

Bulgaria 500

Greece 354

Luxembourg 350

Lithuania 325

Latvia 250

Slovenia 250

Cyprus 242

Slovakia 200

Estonia 150

Malta 74

Iceland* 50

Liechtenstein* 20

Hungary 0

32,256 Number of asylum seekers inItaly and Greece – mainly fromSyria and Eritrea – to berelocated within EU. Number falls short of 40,000 target

EU pledge to accommodate 60,000 people

7,744 Number of asylum seekers still to be relocated (decision due by December 2015)

22,504 Number of Syrian refugees living in camps outside of EU, to be resettled within EU. Number exceeds 20,000 target
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Source: Wire agencies 

*Non-EU member

Picture: Getty Images

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