(ANSA) - BELGRADE, 02 APR - The Court of Justice of the
European Union upheld the actions for failure to fulfil
obligations brought by the European Commission and concluded
that Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to
fulfil their obligations under European Union law by refusing to
comply with the temporary mechanism for the relocation of
applicants for international protection.
In a judgment published today, the EU Court said that "those
Member States can rely neither on their responsibilities
concerning the maintenance of law and order and the safeguarding
of internal security, nor on the alleged malfunctioning of the
relocation mechanism to avoid implementing that mechanism."
The Court concluded that "there had been an infringement" by
Hungary, Poland and the Czech Republic "of a decision adopted by
the Council with a view to the relocation, on a mandatory basis,
from Greece and Italy of 120,000 applicants for international
protection to the other Member States of the European Union."
Moreover, "Poland and he Czech Republic had also failed to
fulfil their obligations under an earlier decision that the
Council had adopted with a view to the relocation, on a
voluntary basis, from Greece and Italy of 40,000 applicants for
international protection to the other Member States of the
European Union." (ANSA).
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