GETTY Slovakian PM Robert Fico has declared the EU's migrant quota scheme is "dead"

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Robert Fico followed Hungarian leader Viktor Orban in slating the scheme, with the Visegrad leader telling Brussels it was up to “each country” to decide who enters or exits their borders. He said: “The mandatory quotas proposed by the EU are in fact dead. It is important to remind everyone, even the Italian Prime Minister Renzi. “Of the 160 thousand migrants to relocate, only a few thousand were actually relocated, and you can not blame Slovakia, Czech Republic, Hungary and some other states for that.

“All of this shows that the project of the mandatory quotas has failed." The Visegrad group, made up of Slovakia, who currently hold the rotating European Parliament presidency, Hungary, Poland and Czech Republic, have strongly opposed mandatory migrant quotas since its inception.

GETTY Mr Fico said it was up to individual countries to decide on who to admit

They have pushed for a country’s right to protect its own border, with Hungary even building a 300km-long razor fence in an effort to prevent illegal crossings. Mr Fico declared yesterday: “Each country is free to decide what contribution to make.”

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Mr Orban has been particularly vocal about his concerns, warning last year there were “millions” of African migrants preparing to enter Europe. He said: “There are millions of people in the middle of Africa, who are also just waiting for the right moment to leave for Europe if they receive the right to cross our borders.

"We love our country the way it is. What we are protecting is our right for not changing. We do not want to change our country, and even if we want to better it, it should never be under outside pressure.

GETTY Viktor Orban has warned there are "millions" of Africans waiting for the right time to enter Europe

GETTY Hungary has built a 300km border fence