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resettlement programmes, nearly all
with annual quotas. 3 Outside the EU,
Norway and Iceland also implement
annual resettlement quota programmes
and - at the time of writing - new programmes
are being developed by countries
such as Bulgaria and Switzerland.
A picture of growing European
solidarity: 15 European resettlement
countries by 2013
Many European countries estalished
formal resettlement programmes in
partnership with UNHCR during the
latter part of the 20th century, from
the 1970s onwards:
Country
Start of
the annual
quota
UK 2004 750
PT 2007 30
2013
Quota
(persons)
FR 2008 100 cases
RO 2008 40
CZ 2008 40
ES 2011-12 100
DE 2012 300
BE 2013 100
HU 2013 10
BG 2014 n/a
Chapter V - Resettlement in Europe: Rising Slowly but Surely
Country
Start of
the annual
quota
2013
Quota
(persons)
SE 1950 1,900
DK 1979 500
NL 1984 500
FI 1985 750
NO 1980s 1,200
IS 1996 Rev.
IE 1998 200
European resettlement has expanded
considerably since the turn of the
century, with 10 further Member
States establishing programmes, many
with relatively small numbers:
3 There is currently no permanent annual resettlement
quota in the Czech Republic, although the
government considers resettlement to be an established
national activity.
Several European countries - Denmark,
the Netherlands, Spain, Austria and
Italy - have Protected Entry Procedures
(PEPs) in place. PEPs enable nonnationals
to approach these countries
outside of their territory with a claim
for asylum or other form of international
protection, and to be granted
an entry permit in cases of a positive
response to the claim. 4 Many European
countries, namely the UK, France,
Germany, Austria and Italy have
received beneficiaries of international
protection as part of Humanitarian
Evacuation Programmes (HEPs).
More recently, 16 European countries
- Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Germany,
4 Noll, G., Study on the feasibility of processing asylum
claims outside the EU against the background of the
Common European asylum system and the goal of a
common asylum procedure, 2002