In conclusions delivered on Thursday, 31 October (joined cases C-715/17, C-718/17 and C-719/17), Advocate-General Eleanor Sharpston stated that, by refusing to comply with the provisional and temporary mechanism for the compulsory relocation of asylum seekers, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic have failed to fulfil their obligations under European Union law.
In response to the massive influx of migrants, mainly from Syria, the Council of the European Union adopted two decisions in...