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Hungary Referendum on Migrant Quotas Requires Minimum 5-Month Lead Time

© REUTERS / Leonhard FoegerA Hungarian police officer watches as migrants arrive at the train station in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, October 6, 2015
A Hungarian police officer watches as migrants arrive at the train station in Hegyeshalom, Hungary, October 6, 2015 - Sputnik International
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Hungary may hold a referendum conserning on whether to accept the mandatory migrant quota set by the European Union not sooner than in five months' time, Hungarian Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi said Friday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — A referendum on whether to accept the mandatory migrant quota set by the European Union may be held in Hungary not sooner than in five months' time, Hungarian Justice Minister Laszlo Trocsanyi said Friday.

"The referendum may be held not earlier than in 150 days. [But] no later than in 250 days," Trocsanyi said at a conference.

Refugees stand behind a fence at the Hungarian border with Serbia near the town of Horgos on September 16, 2015 - Sputnik International
Hungary Has Sovereign Right to Hold Referendum on EU Refugee Quotas
The Hungarian government on Wednesday called a national referendum in which Hungarians will vote on the EU plan for mandatory quotas to resettle migrants throughout the bloc. The referendum proposal has already been submitted for approval to the National Election Commission.

On Thursday, the head of Department of Communication and International Relations at the National Elections Office, Listar Daniel, told Sputnik that the referendum might be held this fall.

Under the scheme set out by the European Commission, Hungary is be obliged to take in 2,300 refugees over the next two years.

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