Progress: Procedure completed
Events
The European Parliament adopted by 398 votes to 134 with 41 abstentions a resolution on making relocation happen.
The text adopted in plenary was tabled by the EPP, S&D, ALDE, GUE / NGL and Greens/EFA groups.
Members recalled that the Member States had undertaken to relocate 160,000 asylum seekers from Italy and Greece. However, as of 27 April 2017, only 17,903 asylum seekers had been relocated from Greece and Italy, i.e. 11% of the total requirement.
Members pointed out that only asylum seekers who were already in Greece before 20 March 2016 are actually considered eligible for relocation.
They also pointed out that only asylum seekers belonging to a nationality for which the average recognition rate is 75% or higher can be relocated. Iraqis are no longer eligible for relocation because they no longer meet this criterion. They also indicated that Afghans are the second largest group of asylum seekers in the EU with an asylum recognition rate of 56.7%.
In its 8th report on relocation and resettlement, the Commission has also set a monthly target for the relocation of 3,000 asylum seekers from Greece and 1,500 asylum seekers from Italy (as of 1 April 2017). Despite some progress, only Finland and Malta are on track to meet their relocation obligations.
Members recalled that legally the relocation measures do not absolve Member States from fully implementing the provisions of Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 (Dublin) relating to family reunification and the special protection of unaccompanied minors and the discretionary clause concerning humanitarian grounds.
In this context, Members called on the Member States to respect their obligations under Council decisions and to systematically relocate asylum seekers from Greece and Italy, including those who have arrived after 20 March 2016.
They called on Member States to give priority to the relocation of unaccompanied minors and other vulnerable applicants.
They pointed out that the Commission has undertaken to make use of the prerogatives conferred on it by the Treaties if the Member States do not rapidly relocate more people.
Lastly, Members called on the Commission to propose the extension of the relocation measures until the recast of the Dublin Regulation has been adopted.
Documents
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)511
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0340/2017
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0343/2017
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0344/2017
- Results of vote in Parliament: Results of vote in Parliament
- Decision by Parliament: T8-0230/2017
- Debate in Parliament: Debate in Parliament
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0340/2017
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0343/2017
- Motion for a resolution: B8-0344/2017
- Commission response to text adopted in plenary: SP(2017)511
Activities
- Xabier BENITO ZILUAGA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Stefan ECK
Institutional Motions (1)
- Frank ENGEL
Institutional Motions (1)
- José Inácio FARIA
Plenary Speeches (1)
- Lorenzo FONTANA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Elisabetta GARDINI
Institutional Motions (1)
- Tania GONZÁLEZ PEÑAS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Dennis de JONG
Institutional Motions (1)
- Josu JUARISTI ABAUNZ
Institutional Motions (1)
- Kostadinka KUNEVA
Institutional Motions (1)
- Miltiadis KYRKOS
Institutional Motions (1)
- Cécile Kashetu KYENGE
Institutional Motions (1)
- Jean LAMBERT
Institutional Motions (1)
- Patrick LE HYARIC
Institutional Motions (1)
- Barbara LOCHBIHLER
Institutional Motions (1)
- Sabine LÖSING
Institutional Motions (1)
- Ulrike LUNACEK
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- Monica MACOVEI
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- Andrejs MAMIKINS
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- Angelika MLINAR
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- Péter NIEDERMÜLLER
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- Salvatore Domenico POGLIESE
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- Sofia SAKORAFA
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- Judith SARGENTINI
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- Lola SÁNCHEZ CALDENTEY
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- Elly SCHLEIN
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- Barbara SPINELLI
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- Helga STEVENS
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- Josep-Maria TERRICABRAS
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- Bodil VALERO
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- Marie-Christine VERGIAT
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- Josef WEIDENHOLZER
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- Cecilia WIKSTRÖM
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Votes
B8-0340/2017 - Résolution #
DE | IT | ES | FR | PT | SE | RO | NL | IE | AT | BE | HR | DK | SI | LU | EE | FI | EL | MT | LT | LV | CY | SK | BG | GB | HU | PL | CZ | ||
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Total |
73
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55
|
44
|
57
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20
|
17
|
23
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23
|
10
|
16
|
17
|
8
|
10
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7
|
5
|
5
|
13
|
14
|
4
|
9
|
7
|
2
|
10
|
13
|
38
|
12
|
43
|
17
|
|
S&D |
143
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Germany S&DFor (21)Arndt KOHN, Arne LIETZ, Bernd LANGE, Birgit SIPPEL, Constanze KREHL, Evelyne GEBHARDT, Gabriele PREUSS, Ismail ERTUG, Jakob von WEIZSÄCKER, Jens GEIER, Joachim SCHUSTER, Jutta STEINRUCK, Knut FLECKENSTEIN, Maria NOICHL, Norbert NEUSER, Peter SIMON, Petra KAMMEREVERT, Susanne MELIOR, Sylvia-Yvonne KAUFMANN, Udo BULLMANN, Ulrike RODUST
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Italy S&DFor (23)Andrea COZZOLINO, Brando BENIFEI, Caterina CHINNICI, Cécile Kashetu KYENGE, Damiano ZOFFOLI, Daniele VIOTTI, David Maria SASSOLI, Elly SCHLEIN, Flavio ZANONATO, Goffredo Maria BETTINI, Isabella DE MONTE, Luigi MORGANO, Massimo PAOLUCCI, Mercedes BRESSO, Michela GIUFFRIDA, Nicola CAPUTO, Nicola DANTI, Patrizia TOIA, Pier Antonio PANZERI, Pina PICIERNO, Renata BRIANO, Roberto GUALTIERI, Simona BONAFÈ
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Portugal S&DFor (7) |
Sweden S&D |
3
|
1
|
Austria S&D |
2
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
United Kingdom S&DFor (12) |
2
|
3
|
4
|
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PPE |
170
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Germany PPEFor (26)Albert DESS, Andreas SCHWAB, Angelika NIEBLER, Birgit COLLIN-LANGEN, Burkhard BALZ, Christian EHLER, Daniel CASPARY, David MCALLISTER, Dieter-Lebrecht KOCH, Elmar BROK, Herbert REUL, Ingeborg GRÄSSLE, Jens GIESEKE, Joachim ZELLER, Manfred WEBER, Markus PIEPER, Michael GAHLER, Monika HOHLMEIER, Norbert LINS, Peter JAHR, Rainer WIELAND, Renate SOMMER, Sabine VERHEYEN, Sven SCHULZE, Thomas MANN, Werner LANGEN
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Spain PPEFor (12)Agustín DÍAZ DE MERA GARCÍA CONSUEGRA, Antonio LÓPEZ-ISTÚRIZ WHITE, Carlos ITURGAIZ, Esteban GONZÁLEZ PONS, Francisco José MILLÁN MON, Francisco de Paula GAMBUS MILLET, Gabriel MATO, José Ignacio SALAFRANCA SÁNCHEZ-NEYRA, Luis de GRANDES PASCUAL, Ramón Luis VALCÁRCEL SISO, Rosa ESTARÀS FERRAGUT, Santiago FISAS AYXELÀ
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France PPEFor (17)Against (1) |
Portugal PPEFor (8) |
2
|
Romania PPEFor (5)Against (4) |
Netherlands PPEFor (5) |
4
|
5
|
3
|
4
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
3
|
2
|
2
|
3
|
1
|
Slovakia PPEFor (5)Against (1) |
Bulgaria PPE |
Hungary PPEAgainst (7) |
Poland PPEAbstain (15) |
Czechia PPEFor (2)Against (3) |
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ALDE |
58
|
3
|
France ALDE |
1
|
2
|
Netherlands ALDEAbstain (2) |
1
|
1
|
Belgium ALDEFor (6) |
2
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
3
|
4
|
3
|
1
|
3
|
1
|
4
|
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Verts/ALE |
37
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Germany Verts/ALEFor (10) |
4
|
5
|
4
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
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GUE/NGL |
41
|
Germany GUE/NGL |
3
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
1
|
Greece GUE/NGLFor (5) |
1
|
1
|
1
|
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EFDD |
28
|
1
|
2
|
1
|
United Kingdom EFDDAgainst (8) |
1
|
1
|
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NI |
12
|
2
|
Greece NIAgainst (3)Abstain (2) |
2
|
2
|
1
|
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ENF |
28
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5
|
3
|
3
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
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ECR |
55
|
Germany ECRFor (1)Against (5) |
1
|
2
|
4
|
1
|
2
|
2
|
1
|
1
|
1
|
2
|
2
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United Kingdom ECRAgainst (11) |
Poland ECRAgainst (16)Abstain (1) |
2
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