[LI] Hungary, Poland, and the Czech Republic are in breach of the European Union law by refusing to take in migrants under the bloc’s mandatory migrant quota scheme, the top EU legal adviser says. According to Advocate General Eleanor Sharpston, who advises the European Court of Justice (ECJ), the members countries of the bloc have "no legitimate security grounds to reject the quota scheme" that proposes to settle hundreds of thousands migrants arriving in Europe.
The eastern European countries are facing legal action at the top EU court, the European Court of Justice (ECJ), for blocking the EU plan to assign each country with a quota of migrants to take in. The Eastern European countries have so far frustrated Brussels’ efforts to impose mandatory quotas on member states for the mass resettlement of migrants from North Africa and the Middle East swarming the continent through the Mediterranean route.
Poland rejected the Advocate General’s statement citing the government’s duty to ensure the safety of its people. "Our actions were dictated by the interests of Polish citizens and the need for protection against uncontrolled migration," Piotr Muller, spokesman for the Polish government, said.
The German public broadcaster Deutsche Welle reported the legal advisory given to the top EU court: |