Sweden irked by Hungary’s refusal to apply Dublin rule

Author: app/afp

STOCKHOLM: Sweden said on Friday that it would summon Hungary’s ambassador to Stockholm to protest against their country’s refusal to take back asylum seekers who first registered in Hungary.

Swedish Migration Minister Morgan Johansson said that Hungary had informed Sweden it would not apply the EU’s Dublin Regulation, under which asylum seekers may be sent back to their first country of arrival in the EU to have their application processed there.

“All countries have to follow the joint rules, otherwise they can’t be members. I will summon the Hungarian ambassador next week and convey this,” Johansson said.

The massive influx of migrants to Europe in 2015 has put a strain on the EU’s legal framework for asylum, putting countries like Greece, Italy and Hungary under immense pressure after hundreds of thousands of migrants and refugees trekked through those countries in a bid to reach the wealthy European nations.

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