We do not accept forced resettlement of migrants
29 November 2015
In Brussels, before the extraordinary summit of the leaders of the European Union and Turkey convened for Sunday, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán said that Hungary is prepared to pay, but will not accept forced resettlement of migrants on its territory.
Hungary is seeking to obtain reassurances that the action plan to be approved as part of the Sunday summit will not be disadvantageous for the country, Mr Orbán said. The Prime Minister pointed out that otherwise Hungary would be compelled to take in people through forced resettlement, should the plan outlined at the latest EU summit “prove to go the wrong way”.
The Prime Minister expressed the hope that there will be no such obligation, and indeed that, on the basis of an agreement with Turkey, not a single Member State will be obliged to tolerate measures of this nature. The Prime Minister stated that Hungary has blocked attempts of this kind, and the outcome of the Sunday summit will reflect the consequences of this.
Mr. Orbán stressed that Hungary will support the action plan tabled for approval, and expressed the hope that it will be successful and will ease the migration pressure currently bearing down upon the EU and Hungary.
The leaders of the Visegrád countries agreed to hold a separate meeting before the EU-Turkey summit.
(Text: Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister/MTI, Photo: Gergely Botár/Cabinet Office of the Prime Minister)
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