Hungary threatens to dump migrants in Brussels Published on 23 August 2024 at 07:47 EU Hungary has escalated its conflict with the EU by threatening to start sending migrants from its border directly to Brussels if the dispute over its asylum policy is not resolved. Share article Tweet Share The announcement comes after the European Court of Justice ordered Hungary to pay a fine of the equivalent of €2 billion and daily fines of around €10 million for failing to comply with the court's decision to improve protection for asylum seekers.

Gergely Gulyas, minister in charge of the prime minister's office, stressed during a press conference that Hungary wants to avoid paying the large daily fines. "If Brussels wants to take in migrants, we can help," he continued. The conflict over asylum policy has been one of the most charged issues between Hungary and the EU, with the Hungarian government criticised for failing to live up to the Union's demands for protection of illegal migrants from the third world.