BUDAPEST, Jumada I 15, 1437, February 24, 2016, SPA -- Hungary will hold a referendum on European Union plans to create a system of mandatory quotas for migrants, an initiative that Hungary's government has rejected, Prime Minister Viktor Orban said on Wednesday, according to Reuters. Orban has used harsh anti-migrant rhetoric since the migrant crisis escalated last year and gained notoriety for erecting a steel fence along Hungary's southern border to keep out migrants - a policy now adopted by other Balkan countries. He said the plebiscite, the first of its kind in Europe, would be a major test of European democracy. The EU declined official comment, saying it was trying to clarify what Orban was proposing. --SPA 22:27 LOCAL TIME 19:27 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/w