Relocation and Resettlement: Member States need to sustain efforts to deliver on commitments

On the 9 November 2016, the European Commission adopted its November progress report on the EU's emergency relocation and resettlement schemes, assessing actions taken since 28 September 2016.

Regarding relocation, the reports shows that the overall positive trend over the past few months is confirmed with an additional 1,212 relocations taking place during the reporting period. However, despite being a short-term drop due to specific circumstances, the exceptional decrease compared to the high number of relocations in September demonstrates that further efforts are still needed from Member States to sustain the positive trend reached until now.