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

In 2015 the European Commission took decisive action to help address the refugee crisis that EU Member States and neighbouring countries were facing. For the first time in the history of European migration policy, the Commission proposed to relocate 160,000 people in clear need of international protection from Member States under extreme pressure to other Member States of the European Union – showing concrete solidarity between EU Member States. At the same time, with a view to addressing the global migratory crisis comprehensively and to show solidarity with third countries equally affected, the Commission recommended an EU resettlement scheme for 20,000 people in need of international protection.

The European Commission reported on 16 March 2016 on the implementation of the temporary emergency relocation schemes and the European resettlement scheme. The report summarised the challenges and proposed recommendations to improve the implementation of these schemes.

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ESO: Background information: Hotspots and emergency relocation: State of play http://www.europeansources.info/record/hotspots-and-emergency-relocation-state-of-play/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

ESO: Background information: The EU Humanitarian Admission Scheme for Syrian Refugees in Turkey http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-eu-humanitarian-admission-scheme-for-syrian-refugees-in-turkey/

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

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