Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Hungary could face EU fines for rejecting refugees

The European Commission is set to reveal a proposal to force penalties on EU countries who won't sign up to a quota system to share the protection of refugees.

A quota scheme to resettle more than 160,000 asylum seekers will be unveiled by commission president Jean Claude Juncker on Wednesday but has already seen resistance from countries like Hungary and Slovakia.

Our Europe correspondent Sandra Gathmann reports

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