Press Release: Relocation and Resettlement: EU Member States urgently need to deliver

The European Commission released on 12 April 2016 an update on the progress and assessed the actions undertaken by member states to implement the emergency relocation and European resettlement schemes.

The progress was overall said to have been unsatisfactory - on relocation, little progress had been made since March 2016, while there had been good progress on resettlement. Good progress on resettlement was also the result of the EU-Turkey agreement which shifted greater focus onto resettlement efforts. Greater efforts on relocation, however, were increasingly urgent in view of the humanitarian situation in Greece.

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ESO: Background information: Relocation and Resettlement: EU Member States urgently need to deliver http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-relocation-and-resettlement-eu-member-states-urgently-need-to-deliver/

ESO: Background information: Communication from the Commission to the European Parliament, the European Council and the Council. First report on relocation and resettlement http://www.europeansources.info/record/first-report-on-relocation-and-resettlement/

ESO: Background information: Commission makes immediate proposal to implement EU-Turkey agreement: 54,000 places allocated for resettlement of Syrians from Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-commission-makes-immediate-proposal-to-implement-eu-turkey-agreement-54000-places-allocated-for-resettlement-of-syrians-from-turkey/

ESO: Background information: European Council, Brussels, 17 - 18 March 2016 http://www.europeansources.info/record/european-council-brussels-17-18-march-2016/

EurActiv, 12.04.16: Commission lashes out at EU countries for broken promises on refugees http://www.euractiv.com/section/justice-home-affairs/news/commission-lashes-out-at-eu-countries-for-broken-promises-on-refugees/

EUObserver, 12.04.16: EU urges countries to speed up migrant relocation https://euobserver.com/migration/133018

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 15.04.16: The Refugee Policy the EU Needs Today http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=63340

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