FILE PHOTO: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban reacts during the Bled Strategic Forum, in Bled, Slovenia August 31, 2020. REUTERS/Borut Zivulovic/File Photo
BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban on Friday rejected a new migration plan by the European Union's executive, saying it would force Hungary to welcome aslyum seekers, but he welcomed some other elements of the proposal.
Speaking in a Reuters interview a day after discussing migration in Brussels with European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Orban said the devil was in the detail of the proposal over how to handle arrivals in the bloc, an issue that has long divided the EU.
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