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provisions, resettlement countries continue
to receive a fixed amount of €4,000
for each person resettled from within
specific ‘vulnerable’ groups and from
Regional Protection Programme (RPP)
regions. 50 The ‘vulnerable groups’ were
expanded from those listed under Article
13(3) of the 2007 ERF Council Decision, 51
to include ‘survivors of violence and
torture’ and ‘persons in need of emergency
and urgent resettlement for legal
and/or physical protection needs’. 52
Countries resettling refugees matching
any of the following common EU priorities
in 2013 also receive the lump sum
of €4,000 per person: 53
• Congolese refugees in the Great
Lakes Region (Burundi, Malawi,
Rwanda and Zambia).
• Refugees from Iraq in Turkey, Syria,
Lebanon and Jordan.
• Afghan refugees in Turkey, Pakistan
and Iran.
• Somali refugees in Ethiopia.
• Burmese refugees in Bangladesh,
Malaysia and Thailand.
• Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan.
Chapter V - Resettlement in Europe: Rising Slowly but Surely
Member States’
pledges under 2013
EU resettlement
categories
(number of persons)
Persons from a country or region designated for
the implementation of an RPP: 1420
Women and children at risk: 577
Persons in need of emergency or urgent
resettlement for legal or physical protection
needs: 350
Persons having serious medical needs that can
only be addressed through resettlement: 171
Survivors of violence and torture: 160
Unaccompanied minors: 43
Source: European Commission statistics, 2013
50 Western Newly Independent States, Great Lakes
Region, Horn of Africa and North Africa (see section
4 of this chapter for more information)
51 See section 4 of this Chapter
52 European Parliament and European Council,
Decision No 281/2012/EU by the Parliament and
the Council on Amending Decision No 573/2007/
EC Establishing the European Refugee Fund for the
period 2008 to 2013, 29 March 2012
Adding to the complexity of the financial
system, new countries engaging in
resettlement will receive higher lump
sum payments per person, as follows:
• €6,000 per resettled person for
Member States that are receiving
the lump sum from the ERF for the
first time. For 2013 only Belgium
will receive this level of lump sum
payment. 54
• €5,000 per resettled person for
countries that have received EU
financial support for resettlement
activities on one previous occasion.
53 Annex, Decision of the European Parliament and
of the Council of amending Decision No 573/2007/
EC establishing the European Refugee Fund for the
period 2008-2013 as part of the General programme
‘Solidarity and Management of Migration Flows’
and repealing Council Decision 2004/904/EC
54 Article 1(1)(b), Decision of the European Parliament
and of the Council of amending Decision No
573/2007/EC establishing the European Refugee
Fund for the period 2008-2013 as part of the
General programme ‘Solidarity and Management of
Migration Flows’