Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán announced that his government will not comply with the EU Migration and Asylum Pact and does not intend to accept migrants under relocation schemes. “As long as there is a patriotic government in Hungary, we will not implement the migration pact. We will not accept migrants and will not spend a cent on them,” Orbán wrote on Twitter on Wednesday.
The statement came amid the European Commission’s initiative to relocate asylum seekers from the countries under the most pressure — Spain, Italy, Greece, and Cyprus — to other EU states.
A number of countries, including Hungary, Poland, and Slovakia, have opposed participation in this scheme.
Orbán has repeatedly criticized pan-European mechanisms for distributing migrants and threatened to sue the European Commission if mandatory resettlement quotas are imposed.
The Polish Ministry of Internal Affairs and Administration has submitted an application to the European Commission for complete exemption from the solidarity mechanism under the migration pact, the ministry’s press service reported on Wednesday.
“For months, we have been stating our disagreement with any resettlement mechanisms. Poland incurs enormous costs to protect the European Union’s borders, faces migration pressure from Belarus, and accepts military refugees from Ukraine. It is important to note that the decision to submit such an application means protection for many years, not just one. We announced this and kept our word,” commented Polish Interior Minister Marcin Kerwinski, quoted by the ministry’s press service.
Earlier, Polish Prime Minister Donald Tusk said that the country would definitively refuse to implement the EU migration pact. President Karol Nawrocki and Foreign Minister Marcin Kerwinski also announced their intention to oppose the implementation of the EU migration pact in Poland.
As reported, the Polish-Belarusian border has suspended the acceptance of applications from foreigners for international protection. The relevant resolution of the Polish government, valid for 60 days, came into force on March 27, 2025, and was subsequently extended by the Sejm.
Source: http://relocation.com.ua/poland-plans-to-withdraw-from-the-eu-migration-pact/
