Overview
- Hungarian cabinet minister Gergely Gulyas said Budapest will not implement the new solidarity mechanism and will not accept a single migrant.
- The EU ministers’ plan foresees numerical distribution of arrivals across member states with the option to contribute money or in‑kind support instead of taking people.
- EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner criticized Hungary’s stance and said EU participants must adhere to common decisions.
- Hungary justified its refusal by invoking a 2016 referendum that the government says rejected EU-imposed resettlement.
- The confrontation unfolds as Hungary remains under an ECJ ruling imposing a €200 million lump-sum fine and €1 million per day for prior asylum-law breaches.