EU proposes new voluntary scheme to resettle 50,000 refugees

The commission said that while resettlement from Turkey and the Middle East is to continue, an increased focus should be put on
resettling vulnerable persons from Libya, Egypt, Niger, Sudan, Chad and Ethiopia.
Resettlement is managed by the office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), which selects refugees who have a continued need for international protection.
In 2016, the main beneficiaries of UNHCR-facilitated resettlement programmes were refugees from Syria, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Iraq and Somalia.
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