Anti-migrant quota EU states meet in Prague

Preview and report of a meeting of the Visegrad countries ( Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia), with the Luxembourg EU Presidency and the Foreign Minister of Latvia in Prague on the 21 September 2015 to discuss the disputed European Commission proposal on mandatory redistribution of 120,000 asylum seekers.

See also the Carnegie Europe related url hyperlink in which Carnegie Europe asked experts from each of the four Central European countries, known as the Visegrád Group, to explain their government’s stance toward the refugee crisis.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Eastern Europe closes ranks against refugee quotas http://www.europeansources.info/record/eastern-europe-closes-ranks-against-refugee-quotas/

Evenimentul Zilei, 21.09.15: Exodus to Europe: Quotas cause legal problems (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE170059-Exodus-to-Europe-Quotas-cause-legal-problems

ESO: Background information: Merkel calls for summit on refugee crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/merkel-calls-for-summit-on-refugee-crisis/

ESO: Background information: Justice and Home Affairs Council, Brussels, 22 September 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/extraordinary-justice-and-home-affairs-council-brussels-22-september-2015/

Neatkarīgā 17.09.15: Exodus to Europe: Latvia's future is multiculti - so what? (via Euro|Topics) http://www.eurotopics.net/en/home/presseschau/archiv/aehnliche/archiv_article/ARTICLE169963-Exodus-to-Europe-Latvia-s-future-is-multiculti-so-what

BBC News, 21.09.15: Hungary PM Orban: Europe borders threatened by migrants http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-34311254

ESO: Background information: Europe migrant crisis: Hungary 'will arrest illegal migrants' / Germany says Hungary’s use of tear gas is ‘not acceptable’ http://www.europeansources.info/record/europe-migrant-crisis-hungary-will-arrest-illegal-migrants-germany-says-hungarys-use-of-tear-gas-is-not-acceptable/

Deutsche Welle, 21.09.15: German minister urges Europe to pick up refugees from crisis regions http://dw.com/p/1GZn7

Politico 21.09.15: EU tries to unblock refugee relocation deal http://www.politico.eu/article/eu-tries-to-unblock-refugee-migrants-relocation-deal-crisis/

EurActiv, 22.09.15: Visegrad countries trigger crisis ahead of EU refugee summit http://www.euractiv.com/sections/global-europe/visegrad-countries-ignite-crisis-again-ahead-eu-refugee-summit-317827

EUObserver, 22.09.15: Eastern EU states want common stance on asylum https://euobserver.com/migration/130361

Politico, 24.09.15: Timmermans: Central Europe has ‘no experience with diversity’ http://www.politico.eu/article/migration-news-diversity-timmermans/

EurActiv, 24.09.15: Refugee crisis reveals fundamental splits in European political parties http://www.euractiv.com/sections/justice-home-affairs/refugee-crisis-reveals-fundamental-splits-european-political-parties

Carnegie Europe: Strategic Europe, 25.09.15: Understanding Central Europe’s Opposition to Refugees http://carnegieeurope.eu/strategiceurope/?fa=61404

Politico, 25.09.15: Black sheep in the European Parliament http://www.politico.eu/article/black-sheep-in-the-european-parliament-viktor-orban-epp-mep/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

Deutsche Welle, 09.01.16: Eastern Europe bristles after Cologne http://dw.com/p/1HanC

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