LUXEMBOURG: The EU’s top court on Wednesday threw out a challenge from Hungary and Slovakia against a quota scheme by Brussels to force member states to admit thousands of asylum seekers.

The European Union approved the controversial scheme two years ago as it grappled with Europe’s worst migrant crisis since World War II, but Hungary and Slovakia went to court to block the plan, backed by other eastern member states.

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