Spain will accept a quota on the admission of immigrants, but the issue of redistribution of quotas shall be discussed " at the end of the process ", " Brussels needs in the 1st turn to discuss the proposal for a common European migration policy ", said on Thursday the foreign Minister Jose Manuel Garcia margallo. However, He did not give even an approximate number of how many immigrants expressed a willingness to accept Spain.
this week Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy for the first time said, despite the fact that Spain is currently expressed willingness to accept 2739 migrants, Under certain conditions, this figure can be revised. The head of the European Council Donald Tusk on Thursday said that member countries of the European Union are obliged to distribute at least 100 thousand immigrants. When printing this Spanish newspaper EL Pais, quoting its sources said that the head of the European Commission Jean-Claude Juncker wants to put forward a proposal about 120 thousands of immigrants in addition to the agreed number.
"Spain is ready to take the quota (of migrants), which will have the country by force," said margallo correspondents in the Cervantes Institute in Madrid.
according to his statement, the Spaniards want to help to solve this problem and to fulfill its moral duty, However, is required " to look at the proposed formula, the full picture "." If you fill in the Spain of refugees, which is nothing to decide, "said the Minister, Recalling that the country had made" great efforts to integrate refugees, providing them with decent rules."
"I care about this we have already spoken (European) Commission that it is necessary once and for all conduct world integration policy in the face of very heavy and painful process of facing the world community ", - said the Minister. He has supplemented his words by the fact that it will turn With the initiative to convene a resolution of the UN security Council non-permanent member in 2015-2016 is Spain. According to his statement, at this meeting of the Security Council are required to participate in Authorized States, where there are numerous migration flows in the European Union, of the States through which they fall to the ground, the EU, and States receiving immigrants.
review of the Spanish Minister, the resolution of the situation without having to eliminate the conflicts that provoke her." The Clear, because it is a conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic ", - He added, referring to the massive photos of immigrants who for the last period of time publish all the world's media.
in addition, Margalit tried to convince to provide economic assistance to countries where there is a mass flow of immigrants.
He extremely carefully treated the theme of creation in Spain of the so-called " network of cities of refuge ". A number of cities, among them Madrid and Barcelona, told that are ready to assist on reception of immigrants. For example, on Thursday the municipality of Madrid has announced that it will contribute ? 10 million." The problem is not to accept in order to accept. The story is about the integration into society of these people, providing them with decent conditions, " added the Minister.
in July, the Ministers of the interior 23 of the 28 EU member States undertook, beginning in October, to take more than 32 thousand immigrants arrived in Greece and Italy, and to resettle in the European Union 22, 5 thousand From the border With Syria countries, Only 54 760 thousand people. According to media reports, Germany, France and Spain will host the "lion's share" of immigrants From third States, respectively, 21, 91%, 16, 88%, 10, 72%. To return to the discussion of the question of quotas the EU authorities gathered in early winter. However, due to the crisis situation in recent weeks, the issue of quotas will be decided much earlier. For example, tomorrow in Luxembourg will host an informal meeting of foreign Ministers of EU member States, and on 14 September in Brussels will hold dialogues of the head of the interior Ministry.
Since the beginning of 2015 on the platform of the European Union profit 340 thousand migrants.
in the past year, Spain received 5947 appeals for asylum, mostly From Syria (1681 persons), 2nd place-Ukraine (946), on the 3rd - Mali (620). For the first six months of 2015 Spain received 6026 requests for asylum, that is more than in all of 2014. In total, From 2005 to 2014 43433 people have requested asylum in Spain.
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