Brussels, 03/10/2013 (Agence Europe) - At a time when immigration dramas are ever increasing around the EU's borders, MEPs from the European Parliament's civil liberties committee have urged the member states to offer more help to the Syrian refugees living in EU neighbouring countries, and to allow them entry to member state territory in total security. This call from the MEPs comes just after 17 countries committed, in Geneva at the beginning of the week, to resettle Syrian refugees on their territory. It is only a small number of the EU member states, therefore, that have committed to the issue - with Germany and Sweden being the first to have taken the step. In its resolution, the civil liberties committee asks the member states to offer the easiest and fairest access possible to the Syrian asylum seekers. The EU is also asked to step up its humanitarian aid to the countries that neighbour the conflict - Lebanon, Jordan, Iraq and Turkey - and to organise a European conference on this. The possibility of activating the temporary protection directive dating from 2001 should also be studied - although this tool has never to date been triggered (not even during the Arab Springs in 2011). Up until now, a press release states, it is Germany that has received the most requests for asylum from Syrian citizens, followed by Sweden (14,842 and 14,083 requests respectively). The EU, Switzerland and Norway have registered 52,037 requests for asylum since the start of the conflict. (SP/transl.fl)