European Union court rejects migrant relocation deal by Eastern European countries
The European Union top court has rejected a challenge by Eastern European countries to a migrant relocation deal, drawn up at the peak of the crisis in 2015.
The European court of justice overruled Hungary and Slovakia’s objections to the compulsory fixed-quota scheme.
A report says Hungary has not accepted a single asylum seeker since the measures were introduced two years ago.
There were attempts to ease the pressure on frontline countries such as Greece and Italy.
Just under twenty-eight thousand people have been relocated under the scheme, rather than the 160,000 asylum seekers envisaged when it was agreed in September 2015.
