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For 2013, Germany, Hungary and<br />
Romania will receive this lump sum<br />
amount. 55<br />
The common priority situations cover<br />
vast areas and populations and,<br />
together with the RPP regions, include<br />
almost all UNHCR priority situations. 56<br />
As in the table below, the largest<br />
refugee groups to be resettled under<br />
ERF priorities in 2013 are Afghan<br />
refugees in Turkey, Pakistan and Iran,<br />
reflecting the large numbers pledged<br />
by Sweden and Finland under this<br />
priority.<br />
2013 EU Member<br />
States’ pledges<br />
under common Union<br />
priorities<br />
(number of persons)<br />
Afghan refugees in Turkey,Pakistan, Iran: 530<br />
Refugees from Iraq in Turkey, Syria, Lebanon,<br />
Jordan: 240<br />
Congolese refugees in the Great Lakes Region<br />
(Burundi, Malawi, Rwanda, Zambia): 184<br />
Eritrean refugees in Eastern Sudan: 170<br />
Somali refugees in Ethiopia: 75<br />
Burmese refugees in Bangladesh, Malaysia<br />
and Thailand: 42<br />
Source: European Commission statistics, 2013<br />
6.3. 2012 EU response for<br />
refugees ex- Libya<br />
111<br />
In 2011-12, more than 3,400 persons<br />
from 22 different countries who had<br />
fled the 2011 violence and conflict in<br />
Libya were resident in Shousha camp<br />
at the Tunisian border, with a further<br />
2,000 stranded at Salloum camp in<br />
Western Egypt. In early 2012, UNHCR<br />
called on states - particularly those<br />
in Europe - to offer resettlement<br />
places for refugees ex-Libya stranded<br />
at the borders of Egypt and Tunisia.<br />
Compared to the 2008 response for<br />
refugees from Iraq, the response<br />
from Europe was initially quite muted<br />
- with the exception of Norway, no<br />
European country created new resettlement<br />
places for this caseload.<br />
Globally, a total of 3,733 refugees<br />
were accepted for resettlement from<br />
Shousha (3,041) and Salloum (692)<br />
camps. Of these, 869 refugees (667<br />
from Shousha and 202 from Salloum)<br />
were accepted by Member States, of<br />
which 802 finally departed. UNHCR<br />
officially closed Shousha camp on<br />
30 June 2013; although a number of<br />
refugees remain there, the proposal is<br />
for them to integrate locally.<br />
CHAPTER VI CHAPTER V<br />
55 Ibid.<br />
56 See Chapter III for more details<br />
CHAPTER VII
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