BRUSSELS, April 2 (Xinhua) -- Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic broke the law of the European Union (EU) by refusing to relocate refugees during the migrant crisis in 2015, the EU's Court of Justice ruled on Thursday.
Under EU rules, the European Commission or other member states can file a case against member states who have failed to comply with its obligations under EU law.
The European Commission, the EU's executive, in 2017 took the three nations to court for failing to comply with decisions two years earlier for EU nations to relocate or resettle migrants mostly via Italy and Greece, which have borne the brunt of arrivals in the biggest influx of asylum seekers to Europe since World War II.
However, the court found that in December 2015, Poland did not relocate the 100 people it had promised to relocate and did not make any subsequent relocation commitment.
Hungary, for its part, did not make any relocation commitment.
In February and May 2016, the Czech Republic had vowed to relocate 50 people to its territory, among which 12 were relocated from Greece. But the Czech Republic did not make any subsequent relocation commitment.
Member countries that violate EU law could face fines.
