Legislation on emergency relocation of asylum-seekers in the EU

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Series Details October 2015
Publication Date October 2015
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Europe is confronted with the most serious refugee crisis since World War II. Wars, conflicts and persecution worldwide have forced more than 59 million people to flee their homes and seek safety elsewhere, according to the UN Refugee Agency. The unprecedented migratory flows to Europe have put enormous pressure on the asylum systems of the frontline Member States.

In response, the European Commission has proposed, the European Parliament has supported, and the Council of the European Union has adopted a set of emergency measures for relocating 160,000 asylum-seekers from the frontline Member States to other Member States. To this end, the Council decided on 14 September 2015 to relocate 40,000 asylum-seekers from Italy and Greece to other Member States. In addition, the Council agreed on 22 September 2015 a further temporary relocation scheme for an additional 120,000 asylum-seekers from Greece and Italy.

Furthermore, the Commission proposed on 9 September 2015 to create a permanent relocation mechanism for all Member States, as well as a number of other concrete measures to better manage the exceptional migratory flows to Europe.

Source Link Link to Main Source http://www.europarl.europa.eu/RegData/etudes/BRIE/2015/569018/EPRS_BRI(2015)569018_EN.pdf
Related Links
ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/
ESO: Background information: Informal meeting of heads of state or government, Brussels, 23 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/informal-meeting-of-heads-of-state-or-government-brussels-23-september-2015/
ESO: Background information: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 22 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/extraordinary-justice-and-home-affairs-council-brussels-22-september-2015/
ESO: Background information: Managing the refugee crisis: Immediate operational, budgetary and legal measures under the European Agenda on Migration http://www.europeansources.info/record/press-release-managing-the-refugee-crisis-immediate-operational-budgetary-and-legal-measures-under-the-european-agenda-on-migration/

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