Hungary will follow NL and look for an EU asylum opt-out

The Hungarian government will follow the Netherlands and ask for an opt-out to EU rules on asylum and migration, the country’s European affairs minister János Bóka said on social media. The move follows Dutch asylum minister Marjolein Faber’s announcement that she had contacted the European Commission about an opt-out for the Netherlands. Geert Wilders, leader of the far-right PVV which dominates the new government, is a close ally of Hungary’s leader Viktor Orbán, who praised the Dutch move as “brave”...