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Mr Orban said the Visegrad Four (V4) countries, which includes Poland, Slovakia and the Czech Republic, were pulling out of Sunday’s meeting. The group is strongly opposed to the EU’s migrant quota system, which involves the distribution of refugees and asylum seekers across the bloc. Mr Obran’s announcement comes as Angela Merkel is facing political crisis after her coalition partner demanded she change her immigration policy to refuse migrants at the border. The German Chancellor pushed for Sunday’s emergency summit in an attempt to trash out a solution with leaders from nine other countries, including France, Italy and Greece.

But Mr Orban said the issue should be discussed by all EU leaders at an official meeting of the European Council, not at talks specially-convened by the European Commission which only include a select few. He said: "We understand there are domestic political difficulties in some countries but that cannot lead to pan-European haste. “We understand that there will be a mini-summit on Sunday but we would like to state clearly that the prime ministers of V4 agreed that they will not go to that." The Eurosceptic leader revealed the V4 had met privately with Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz to discuss immigration and EU budget issues today.

Migrant crisis: Viktor Orban has announced the Visegrad group will not attend an EU migration summit

The five countries have agreed to set up processing centres in migrant “hot spots” outside of the EU’s borders, Mr Orban said. The European Union is deeply divided over the issue of immigration and this weekend’s summit is aimed at reaching a consensus on a bloc-wide policy. It emerged this week that the European Council is considering setting up migrant processing centres in North Africa in an attempt to deter people from making the dangerous journey across the Mediterranean. The facilities would allow officials to establish which people were refugees or asylum seekers and which were economic migrants, according to a leaked doument.

Viktor Orban (C) said the migrant issue should be discussed by all EU leaders, not a select few

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