Brussels accused of BLACKMAIL after introducing fines for countries refusing refugees. BRUSSELS' decision to fine countries 250,000 for every refugee they refuse to admit has been blasted as blackmail by furious European ministers.

Hungary, Poland and Slovakia have all lashed out at the decision, which will leave countries who wish to control their own borders with bills of hundreds of millions of euros. Hungarian Foreign Minister Peter Szijjarto said the plan, which was announced today, was a dead-end street.

The huge financial threat has been introduced to prevent states from choosing who to accept in their countries. The deliberately high fine of 250,000 per asylum seeker will leave countries with no choice but to accept thousands of migrants - or face huge penalties. Poland, for example, would be forced to pay 1.5billion if they kept their borders closed to the 6,200 migrants on their quota. Hungary and Slovakia are currently disputing the migrant quotas in EU courts.

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