BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) – The Latest on the European Court of Justice ruling on relocation of migrants in the EU (all times local):
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Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto says the ruling by the European Court of Justice rejecting his country’s and Slovakia’s attempt to stay out of an EU plan to relocate asylum-seekers is “outrageous and irresponsible.”
Szijjarto said that the court decision puts at risk Europe’s security and future. He called it a political decision and vowed that Hungary would continue to challenge EU efforts to force countries into taking in migrants.
Szijjarto said Hungary will continue to put emphasis on the defense of the EU’s external borders and said it is time for the EU to abandon the “unsuccessful” relocation scheme.