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The EU’s top court fined Hungary 200 million euros ($216 million) and imposed a daily one-million-euro penalty for failing to follow the bloc’s asylum laws and also for deporting migrants illegally.
The European court of justice said the fine is for deliberately evading compliance with the European Union laws despite a 2020 ruling that it must uphold international procedures for asylum seekers.
The court in a statement said, “Since failure to fulfil obligations constitutes an unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law, the court ordered Hungary to pay a lump sum of 200 million euros and a penalty payment of one million euros per day of delay."
Hungary is ruled by Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s far-right Fidesz party, which came top in the country in EU elections held last weekend.
European Commission further that Hungary, was pursuing a path that “seriously undermines the principle of solidarity and fair sharing of responsibility between the member states.”
EU member countries have to present national plans by December on how they will apply new asylum rules that will come into force in 2026.
