austria, denmark, hungary and poland have so far failed to take any refugees and eu states have been told they need to do more urgently      steve hawkes      28 sep 2016, 18:02updated: 28 sep 2016, 18:54  europe’s flagship refugee scheme was branded a complete flop tonight after figures revealed just 5,600 out of a 160,000 target have been relocated.  european commission president jean claude juncker last year gave member states until september 2017 to share out refugees who had landed in greece or italy to relieve the financial strain. eu states could have mandatory refugee quotas slapped on them unless they voluntarily share out the refugees who land in italy and greece 3 eu states could have mandatory refugee quotas slapped on them unless they voluntarily share out the refugees who land in italy and greececredit: ana-mpa european commission vice-president frans timmermans says the future of the passport-free schengen zone is at risk 3 european commission vice-president frans timmermans says the future of the passport-free schengen zone is at riskcredit: epa  but bureaucrats today revealed that 12 months on just 5,651 had so far been moved.  austria, denmark, hungary and poland have so far failed to take any.  the uk is not part of the scheme – but has taken 2,200 refugees directly from camps bordering syria.  commission vice president frans timmermans urged eu member states to do more “urgently” – warning once more that the future of the passport-free schengen zone was at risk.  he said: “we can only effectively manage asylum and migration in europe, and preserve the schengen area, if we all work together in a spirit of solidarity and responsibility.”
the commission has threatened to fine member states – and slap mandatory quotas on them - unless they take part in the scheme.  hungary’s hard line president viktor orban has refused and is putting the idea to a referendum in the country on october 2.  speaking two weeks ago, jean claude juncker said he would ask governments to find a way to reconcile those reluctant to take refugees with those who insist it is key to eu “solidarity”. tory backbencher steve baker said: “no wonder jean claude juncker’s recent state of the union speech was a cry of despair.  “the commission has failed completely to understand the democratic forces at work within the european union.”