Top EU court fines Hungary €200m for flouting asylum law

The European Union’s top court has fined Hungary 200m euros (£168.7m) for persistently breaking the bloc’s asylum rules (Denes Erdos/AP)

The European Union’s top court has fined Hungary €200m for persistently breaking the bloc’s asylum rules despite a previous European Court of Justice ruling, plus an additional €1m for every day it fails to comply in future.

Hungary had not implemented a 2020 ruling from top EU judges in Luxembourg, the ECJ wrote in a press release.