The Commission assigned the number of refugees to each country based on GDP, population, unemployment level and the number who had applied for refugee status in the receiving country.

The EU would provide €6,000 in funding for the care of each asylum seeker.

The new proposal is in addition to one presented two weeks ago under which Hungary would take in 307 of 20,000 refugees from Syria currently accommodated in Turkey, Jordan and Lebanon.

The new proposal concerns 40,000 refugees from Syria and Eritrea who land in Italy or Greece over a two-year period beginning on April 15 of this year.

Hungary’s quotas are 496 asylum seekers from Italy and 331 from Greece.

The Commission proposals may face tough resistance from member states.

EU heads of state and government will decide on the plans at the June 25-26 summit.

Source: Hungary Around the Clock

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