The far-right leaders of Hungary and Poland rejected a group statement on irregular migration as a summit of European leaders came to a close. Hungarian PM Viktor Orban and Polish PM Mateusz Morawiecki shot down a proposed statement for inclusion in a document on the summit’s conclusion on Friday. The move forced European Council President Charles Michel to issue a separate statement in his name about asylum policy and border protection.

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