| Author (Corporate) | European Court of Justice: Press and Information Division |
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| Series Title | Press Release |
| Series Details | No.91, 2017 (06.09.17) |
| Publication Date | 06/09/2017 |
| Content Type | News |
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Background and further information: In response to the migration crisis that affected Europe in the summer of 2015, the Council of the European Union adopted a decision in order to help Italy and Greece deal with the massive inflow of migrants. The decision provided for the relocation from those two Member States to other EU Member States, over a period of two years, of 120 000 persons in clear need of international protection. Slovakia and Hungary voted against the adoption of the contested decision in the Council and asked the Court of Justice to annul the decision. The ECJ's Advocate General argued in an Opinion released on 26 July 2017 that the Court of Justice of the European Union should dismiss the actions brought by Slovakia and Hungary against the provisional mechanism for the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers. The Advocate General argued that the mechanism was actually a proportionate means of enabling member states to deal with the impact of the migration crisis.The European Court of Justice made a judgment on the 6 September 2017 in Joined Cases C-643/15 and C-647/15 brought by Slovakia and Hungary against the provisional mechanism for the mandatory relocation of asylum seekers. In the judgment the Court dismissed the actions brought by Slovakia and Hungary. They argued that the mechanism actually contributed to enabling Greece and Italy to deal with the impact of the 2015 migration crisis and was proportionate. Hungary said it did not accept the judgment, while Slovakia said it would comply. |
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| Source Link | https://curia.europa.eu/jcms/upload/docs/application/pdf/2017-09/cp170091en.pdf |
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| Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs, Law |
| Countries / Regions | Europe, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Slovakia |
