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Avramopoulos: "There have been enough delays and there have been enough discussions, it is time for action." (Photo: © European Union, 2017/Photo: Frédéric Maigrot)

Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland face EU sanctions on migrants

The European Commission is launching sanctions against the Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland over an EU asylum scheme.

EU migration commissioner Dimitris Avramopoulos told reporters in Strasbourg on Tuesday (13 June) that all three states had neglected their legal obligations to take in asylum seekers from Italy and Greece.

"These are the three member states that have not, I repeat, have not done anything for more than one year or even for the whole duration of the scheme," he s...

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

Avramopoulos: "There have been enough delays and there have been enough discussions, it is time for action." (Photo: © European Union, 2017/Photo: Frédéric Maigrot)

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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.

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