With Slovakia handing over the EU Presidency to Malta and agreement on a new EU asylum system out of sight, the Visegrád Group remains in strong opposition to compulsory refugee relocation. EurActiv Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Poland, and Budapest’s Political Capital think-tank, report.

As a matter of shared priority, the Visegrád Group calls for a return to the full application of the Schengen deal.

In this cooperative article, we take a closer look at where the debate and situation stands in every respective country of the Visegrád Group (comprising the Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland and Slovakia).