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Hungary will be a part of the Netherlands in asking for an opt-out from the European Union’s migration insurance policies, a authorities minister stated Wednesday, in one other signal of fracturing EU consensus round immigration.
The new Dutch authorities final week introduced it was aiming to implement the “strictest asylum coverage ever,” and submitted a request for an opt-out on some EU migration insurance policies on Wednesday.
Writing on X, Hungarian Minister for EU Affairs János Bóka stated: “Drastic motion is required to stem unlawful migration, the Hungarian authorities will be a part of the Netherlands in asking for an opt-out from EU asylum and migration guidelines, if a Treaty modification permits it.”
However, modifications to EU treaties are a protracted and complex course of requiring unanimity of all member nations. The Commission stated in its Wednesday press briefing that it doesn’t anticipate to embark on such a change any time quickly. European guidelines on asylum and migration are binding, and the Dutch migration minister stated they’d proceed to implement them.
While one other nation responding to anti-immigrant sentiment, Germany, final week instituted checks at its borders, Hungary hasn’t introduced plans to take action. It stays “a dedicated member of the Schengen space,” Bóka stated.
