Slovakia to take EC refugee quota scheme to European Court

Slovakia  will recourse to the European Court of Justice against the decision by the European Commission to enforce a mandatory refugee relocation scheme to other EU member-states of the 120,000 migrants currently in Greece and Italy. The government of Slovakia announced it would take the matter to the European Court, Tuesday. The Slovak Prime Minister, Robert Fico said that the imposition by the majority of the EU member-states on his country to accept the quota system contravened with the right of every people to partake according to their abilities. Apart from Slovakia, Romani, the Czech Republic and Hungary have also voiced their strong objections to the Commission’s plan to impose a mandatory quota system.

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