ALBAWABA - EU countries and lawmakers reached an agreement Wednesday on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants, European Commission Vice President Margaritis Schinas said, AFP reported.
The reform includes speedier vetting of irregular arrivals, creating border detention centers, accelerated deportation for rejected asylum applicants, and a solidarity mechanism to take pressure off southern countries experiencing big inflows.
Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto released a statement expressing Hungary's rejection "in the strongest possible terms" of a deal reached by EU countries and lawmakers on an overhaul of the bloc's laws on handling asylum-seekers and migrants.
"We reject this migration pact in the strongest possible terms... We will not let anyone in against our will, no one from Brussels or anywhere else can tell us who we can let in, and we refuse in the strongest possible terms to be punished for this" stance, Szijjarto told reporters.
