MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The European Commission said Wednesday that an EU country could opt out of accepting an asylum seeker if it agreed to pay 250,000 euros ($287,000) for their relocation elsewhere.
"There are no polite words to express my indignation," Orban said Friday in an interview with a Hungarian radio station. "It’s no joke. They are trying to take away Hungary’s right to decide who to live with."
17 October 2015, 13:53 GMT
Orban, who has been one of the fiercest opponents of the EU’s binding migrant relocation quotas, described the fine as a "blow to the solar plexus" and the "strongest propaganda against the EU concept."
The payment, dubbed "solidarity contribution" by Brussels, is part of a fairness mechanism designed to help those EU member states that are handling a disproportionate number of asylum seekers.
