Hungary’s parliament has rejected an effort by Prime Minister Viktor Orban to block the resolution of refugees.
His ruling Fidesz party failed to attract the two additional opposition votes required for a two thirds majority in parliament.
The bill had sought to rebuff an EU- set quota scheme that would relocate 1,294 refugees in Hungary.
It was the latest move in Mr Orban’s anti-EU and anti-migrant drive.
But he was thwarted by the anti-immigration Jobbik party, which generally would have been viewed as a natural patron of the bill.
Jobbik had demanded Mr Orban scrap a cash-for-residency bond scheme allowing rich foreigners to buy the right to live saying the immigration ban should apply to all foreigners.
