Hungary threatens to send refugees to Brussels in EU immigration row
HUNGARY’S anti-immigration government said today that it is prepared to provide free one-way tickets to Brussels for migrants and asylum-seekers attempting to enter the European Union.
Speaking at a news conference in the capital, Gergely Gulyas, chief of staff to Prime Minister Viktor Orban, criticised a June ruling by the European Court of Justice that ordered Hungary to pay a €200 million (£169m) fine for persistently breaking the bloc’s asylum rules and an additional €1m (£848,000) a day until it brings its policies into line with EU law.
Mr Gulyas said: “Brussels wants to force us at any cost to let migrants in.”
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