New EU plan to relocate 160,000 migrants

The EU’s executive is planning to redistribute a further 120,000 migrants arriving in Italy, Greece and Hungary to states across the bloc – in addition to the relocation of 40,000 asylum seekers already proposed
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MIGRANT RELOCATION NUMBERS (000s)*

EU countries expected to receive migrants under relocation plan

Countries exempt from EU asylum policy

Main migrant entry countries

Germany 40.2
Italy
France 30.8
Spain 19.2
Luxembourg 0.8
Belgium 5.9
Ireland 0.6
Cyprus 0.4
Netherlands 9.3
United Kingdom
Denmark
Romania 6.4
Hungary
Slovakia 2.3
Czech Rep. 4.3
Poland 12.0
Lithuania 1.3
Latvia 1.0
Estonia 1.1
Finland 3.2
Sweden 5.8
Bulgaria 2.2
Portugal 4.8
Austria 4.8
Slovenia 1.1
Malta 0.4
Croatia 1.8
Greece
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*Numbers based on European Commission's "distribution key", which is designed to "reflect the capacity of member states to absorb and integrate refugees"

Source: Wire agencies

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