Orban vows to defy 'outrageous' EU migrant quotas (https://www.rt.com/news/629224-orban-defies-eu-migration/)
QuoteHungary will not comply with new EU requirements to take in immigrants starting from next year, Prime Minister Viktor Orban has said, blasting Brussels for launching "an absurd and unjust attack" on his country.
The EU Migration Pact, which was agreed upon on Monday and is expected to take effect next July, requires every member state to contribute according to its population size and GDP. The goal is to ease pressure on the most heavily affected countries, namely Cyprus, Greece, Italy, and Spain, the European Commission said.
States must either accept a set number of migrants relocated from the hotspots or pay €20,000 ($23,000) for each person they refuse to take in.
"As long as Hungary has a national government, we will not implement this outrageous decision," Orban, a long-time critic of Brussels' migration policy, wrote on X on Tuesday.
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