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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Lisa O'Carroll in Granada

EU leaders clash with Hungary over proposed laws on migration

Viktor Orbán arrives to attend the informal meeting of heads of state and government of the EU-27 in Granada, Spain, 6 October 2023
Viktor Orbán said a deal without Hungary was an assault on his country and a compromise and agreement were ‘impossible’. Photograph: Pepe Torres/EPA

EU leaders have clashed again with Hungary after the country’s prime minister, Viktor Orbán, insisted at a summit in Granada that it would not support proposed laws to deal with migration.

Poland also joined the protest, accusing Brussels of imposing a “diktat” on other member states regarding the proposed laws that would apply in the event of a sudden refugee crisis such as that of 2015, when more than 1 million people arrived in the EU from Syria and beyond.

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