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EU redistribution numbers for asylum seekers, refugees

More than 75 percent of all maritime arrivals to Europe land in Italy

The European Commission on Wednesday asked member states to admit 20,000 Syrian refugees from outside Europe and process another 40,000 asylum seekers from Syria and Eritrea landing in Italy and Greece. The distribution would be bound by complex rules: national economic output, population, unemployment rates and the number of refugees already admitted to an individual country. For the 20,000 Syrian refugees, the distribution is as follows. Austria: 2.22 percent or 444 people Belgium: 2.45 percent or 490 people Bulgaria: 1.08 percent or 216 people Croatia: 1.58 percent or 315 people Cyprus: 0.34 percent or 69 people Czech Republic: 2.63 percent or 525 people Estonia: 1.63 percent or 326 people Finland: 1.46 percent or 293 people France: 11.87 percent or 2,375 people Germany: 15.43 percent or 3,086 people Greece: 1.61 percent or 323 people Hungary: 1.53 percent or 307 people Italy: 9.94 percent or 1,989 people Latvia: 1.10 percent or 220 people Lithuania: 1,03 percent or 207 people Luxembourg: 0.74 percent or 147 people Malta: 0.60 percent or 121 people Netherlands: 3,66 percent percent or 732 people Poland: 4.81 percent or 962 people Portugal: 3.52 percent or 704 people Romania: 3.29 percent or 657 people Slovakia: 1.60 percent or 319 people Slovenia: 1.03 percent or 207 people Spain: 7,75 percent or 1,549 people Sweden: 2,46 percent or 491 people For the 24,000 asylum seekers transferred from Italy, the distribution is as follows: Country Percentage Seekers Germany 21.91 percent 5,258 France 16.88 percent 4,051 Spain 10.72 percent 2,573 Poland 6.65 percent 1,595 Netherlands 5.12 percent 1,228 Romania 4.26 percent 1,023 Portugal 4.25 percent 1,021 Sweden 3.42 percent 821 Belgium 3.41 percent 818 Czech Republic 3.32 percent 797 Austria 3.03 percent 728 Hungary 2.07 percent 496 Finland 1.98 percent 475 Slovakia 1.96 percent 471 Croatia 1.87 percent 448 Estonia 1.85 percent 443 Bulgaria 1.43 percent 343 Cyprus 0.43 percent 104 Latvia 1.29 percent 310 Lithuania 1.26 percent 302 Slovenia 1.24 percent 297 Luxembourg 0.92 percent 221 Malta 0.73 percent 175 For the 16,000 asylum seekers transferred from Greece, the distribution is as follows: Country Percentage Seekers Germany 21.91 percent 3,505 France 16.88 percent 2,701 Spain 10.72 percent 1,715 Poland 6.65 percent 1,064 Netherlands 5.12 percent 819 Romania 4.26 percent 682 Portugal 4.25 percent 680 Sweden 3.42 percent 548 Belgium 3.41 percent 546 Czech Republic 3.32 percent 531 Austria 3.03 percent 485 Hungary 2.07 percent 331 Finland 1.98 percent 317 Slovakia 1.96 percent 314 Croatia 1.87 percent 299 Estonia 1.85 percent 295 Bulgaria 1.43 percent 229 Latvia 1.29 percent 207 Lithuania 1.26 percent 201 Slovenia 1.24 percent 198 Luxembourg 0.92 percent 147 Malta 0.73 percent 117 Cyprus 0.43 percent 69 The United Kingdom, Ireland and Denmark are allowed to opt out of both schemes under EU treaties.