The minister outlined the idea in response to a previous ruling and the €200 million fine imposed on Hungary in June after the European Court of Justice ruled that Budapest was ignoring EU asylum laws.
Hungary, ruled for years by Orban’s right-wing Fidesz party, has long taken a hard-line stance against refugees entering the country.
A Luxembourg court ruled in 2020 that Budapest had failed to comply with EU rules on the treatment of migrants by “unlawfully detaining” asylum seekers and forcibly expelling them before they could appeal their rejected applications.
The court ordered Hungary to change its policy, but Orbán’s government ignored the directive, which the ECJ condemned in a June ruling as an “unprecedented and exceptionally serious breach of EU law”.
In addition to the €200 million fine, Hungary must pay an additional €1 million for each day it does not comply with the court’s ruling.
Budapest is currently seeking legal action to see if it can recover some of these costs from the European Commission.
