Czech Republic and Lorne Cook

plan: Virginia Mayo / AP By Lorne Cook The Associated Press Tues., June 13, 2017 BRUSSELS The European Union warned the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland on Tuesday that they have 24 hours to start taking in refugees under an EU migrant sharing plan or face legal action, according to Toronto Star. But the three countries immediately rebuffed the threat and appeared ready to go to court. The EU is set to lanuch legal action against the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland over refugee plan. The European Commission said in a statement that it has repeatedly urged them to relocate refugees or at least pledge to do so under the legally-binding refugee plan agreed two years ago. The plan to share 160,000 refugees in overwhelmed Italy and Greece among other European countries over two years was endorsed in September 2015 by a qualified majority vote. But it said they have failed to take action in breach of their legal obligations, and that it has decided to launch infringement procedures. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.