WARNING FROM COMMISSION TO EU MEMBERS THAT DON’T ACCEPT MIGRANTS – Commissioner Avramopoulos gives a warning to Hungary and Poland

The Commission is expected to decide next month whether to take legal action against EU countries that refuse to accept refugees and migrants.

The decision to resettle refugees and migrants from Italy and Greece to other EU countries has not been sufficiently implemented so far, with just 18,500 people being promoted to other EU countries. The 2015 plan provided for the resettlement of 160,000 refugees and immigrants.

Several countries are cautious about this plan, but both Poland and Hungary have refused to host migrants and refugees, while the Commission has noted that the Czech Republic has not done any action in the last year.

The message Commissioner for Migration Dimitris Avramopoulos was particularly tough, saying that “while the majority of member states are making real efforts in the European spirit, while other countries are insisting on not showing solidarity”.

The Commission also announced that next month it will decide whether to implement the infringement procedures of the decision to relocate refugees, against member states that do not meet their obligations.