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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11553

19 May 2016
Contents Publication in full By article 11 / 30
SECTORAL POLICIES / (ae) jha
Member states well short of mark on asylum-seeker relocation

Brussels, 18/05/2016 (Agence Europe) - In a new report published on Wednesday 18 May, the European Commission was once again critical of member states' lethargy on relocating asylum seekers and resettling refugees.

Against the target set of 20,000 relocations by mid-May, barely 1,500 people have so far been relocated from Greece (999) and Italy (591) of the 106,000 that member states committed to relocate - only 355 more since publication of the previous Commission report on 16 March....

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ECONOMY - FINANCE
SECTORAL POLICIES
INSTITUTIONAL
EXTERNAL ACTION
NEWS BRIEFS