European Union(EU)Announces New Refugee Quotas Wednesday Sep 09,2015

European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker announced a plan for sweeping new provisions on Wednesday Sep 09,2015 to deal with Europe's refugee crisis, including new quotas for member states

"It is high time to address this refugee crisis. There is no alternative," Juncker said in an impassioned address to European Parliament. "Asylum is a right."

The quotas will be based on a number of factors, including each country's population and GDP

 In total, 22 of the 28 states will take in 120,000 more people, on top of the 40,000 that had already been proposed.

The proposal requires approval from a majority of the EU countries.

The President of the European Union's executive on Wednesday called for the emergency relocation of 120,000 people in need of international protection who have entered the EU through Italy, Greece and Hungary to 22 of the EU's 28 nations.

 Britain, Denmark and Ireland are not legally obliged to take part, but may choose to; Italy, Greece and Hungary are excluded because of the numbers of migrants already in those countries.

The refugee sharing plan is similar to a scheme announced in April to relocate 40,000 refugees from Italy and Greece. That proposal was never fully accepted, and EC President Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday that 500,000 migrants are believed to have arrived so far this year.

Here is what the spread of the 120,000 refugees among EU countries would be should they agree by a large majority to accept the new plan

Austria 3,640
Belgium 4,564
Bulgaria 1,600
Croatia 1,064
Cyprus 274
Czech Republic 2,978
Estonia 373
Finland 2,398
France 24,031
Germany 31,443
Latvia 526
Lithuania 780
Luxembourg 440
Malta 133
Netherlands 7,214
Poland 9,287
Portugal 3,074
Romania 4,646
Slovakia 1,502
Slovenia 631
Spain 14,931
Sweden 4,469


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