Court upholds EU's right to implement asylum policy

The European Union's highest court has dismissed complaints by Slovakia and Hungary about EU migration policy, upholding Brussels' right to force member states to take in asylum seekers.

EU's top court urged to dismiss refugee relocation case

An adviser of the European Union's top court has urged it to dismiss a case brought by Slovakia and Hungary challenging the obligatory relocation of asylum seekers across the bloc.

Hungary PM Orban criticizes EU sanctions threat

Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday denounced threatened EU sanctions on the country and again accused Budapest-born U.S. financier George Soros of pulling the strings in Brussels.

MEPs slam EU member states for stalled relocation of refugees

Members of European Parliament (MEPs) have condemned a lack of action from European Union (EU) member states in relocation of 160,000 refugees in a resolution adopted Thursday in Strasbourg.

Migrations: le groupe de Visegrad dénonce "le chantage" européen

Les chefs de gouvernement des pays du groupe de Visegrad (Pologne, Hongrie, République tchèque et Slovaquie) ont dénoncé mardi "le chantage" et "le diktat" européens à leur égard concernant la politique migratoire commune.

Hongrie : le Parlement rejette la révision constitutionnelle d'Orban contre l'accueil des migrants

Le Premier ministre hongrois Viktor Orban a échoué mardi à faire inscrire sa politique hostile aux migrants dans la Constitution, dont la révision en ce sens a été rejetée par le Parlement.

Hungarian PM urged to resign after migrant referendum

Hungary's nationalist Jobbik party has called for Prime Minister Viktor Orban to resign because a referendum on rejecting European Union migrant quotas was rendered invalid by its low turnout.

Hungary overwhelmingly rejects EU migrant plan; vote possibly invalid

Hungarians overwhelmingly rejected a referendum Sunday that would demand mandatory European Union quotas for relocating migrants, but the results likely will be invalid because of low voter turnout.

Austrian Foreign Minister Calls EU Refugees Resettlement Plan 'Unrealistic'

Austrian Foreign Minister Sebastian Kurz on Sunday called the European Union's refugee resettlement plan "unrealistic."

Voter abstention threatens to derail Hungary referendum on EU migrant quotas

The Hungarian prime minister on Saturday was trying to mobilize the electorate ahead of a referendum on refugee resettlement quotas for European Union countries.

Hongrie: feu vert de la Cour suprême au référendum contre la relocalisation de réfugiés

La Cour suprême hongroise a formellement autorisé mardi le gouvernement à organiser un référendum contre le plan européen de répartition des réfugiés dans les pays membres de l'UE, auquel le Premier ministre conservateur Viktor Orban est opposé.

Croatia imposes quota for migrants

Croatian Interior Ministry confirmed the country would introduce a quota for migrants and would allowed only 580 of them to cross its border a day, just like Slovenia, Croatian newspaper Vecernji List reported on Saturday.

Slovakia to file lawsuit over EU migrant quotas by mid-December

Slovakia will launch legal action by next month against an EU quota plan to distribute 160,000 refugees and migrants across the bloc, a justice ministry spokeswoman told AFP Tuesday.

Poland Backs Away From Plan to Accommodate Migrants After Paris Attack

Appearing to take political advantage of Friday's deadly terror attacks in Paris, an official from Poland's incoming government told local media that Warsaw may now back out of the its commitment to host refugees under Brussels-mandated quotas.

EU States Ready to Relocate 854 Refugees Under Quota Plan

EU member countries are currently ready to take 854 people out of the total 160,000 refugees who have to be relocated according to the decision of the European Council, European Commission spokeswoman Natasha Bertaud said Friday.

Έκτακτη νέα σύνοδος ΥΠΕΣ των '28' για το μεταναστευτικό

Οι υπουργοί Εσωτερικών των χωρών-μελών της ΕΕ θα συνεδριάσουν εκτάκτως την ερχόμενη Τρίτη, 22 Σεπτεμβρίου, προκειμένου να συζητήσουν τη μεταναστευτική κρίση, ανακοίνωσε σήμερα το Λουξεμβούργο, καθώς η σύνοδος της Δευτέρας κατέληξε σε αδιέξοδο.

Hungary enforces tough new immigration law. No agreement on EU refugee plan

Under a new immigration law which has come into effect following the failure of European Union ministers to agree on a common strategy, refugees face deportation and jail terms if they enter Hungary illegally.

Dozens Feared Dead as Migrant Boat Capsizes off Greece. Germany is to reintroduce some form of controls on its border with Austria

At least 28 migrants have drowned off Greece after their boat capsized, Greek authorities said Sunday.   

Eastern Europe rejects migrant quotas as continent divided over crisis

Eastern Europe rejected migrant quotas on Friday despite German warnings over the "biggest challenge" in EU history, amid disturbing footage of refugees in Hungary being fed "like animals."

Μέτρα έκτακτης ανάγκης για την προσφυγική κρίση ενέκρινε το ευρωκοινοβούλιο

Το Ευρωπαϊκό Κοινοβούλιο ενέκρινε με μεγάλη πλειοψηφία τα μέτρα έκτακτης ανάγκης για την προσφυγική κρίση που πρότεινε ο πρόεδρος της Ευρωπαικής Επιτροπής Ζαν-Κλοντ Γιούνκερ. Περιλαμβάνουν δικαιότερη κατανομή των προσφύγων στα κράτη-μέλη μέσα απο ένα μόνιμο υποχρεωτικό μηχανισμό.