Czech Interior Minister ends asylum programme

In April 2016 under pressure from Interior Minister Milan Chovanec the government in Prague has put an early end to a pilot project for resettling persecuted Christians from Iraq. The move came after 25 of the 90 Iraqis participating in the project tried to move on to Germany to apply for asylum there instead of staying in the Czech Republic. The Czech press discusses the interior minister's reaction.

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ESO: Background information: Remarks by President Donald Tusk after his meeting in Prague with Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka http://www.europeansources.info/record/statement-remarks-by-president-donald-tusk-after-his-meeting-in-prague-with-prime-minister-bohuslav-sobotka/

ESO: Background information: Behind the scenes of plan B: the migration crisis seen from the perspective of the Visegrad Group http://www.europeansources.info/record/behind-the-scenes-of-plan-b-the-migration-crisis-seen-from-the-perspective-of-the-visegrad-group/

ESO: Background information: Czech president attends anti-Islam rally on Velvet Revolution anniversary http://www.europeansources.info/record/czech-president-attends-anti-islam-rally-on-velvet-revolution-anniversary/

ESO: Information Guide: European Migration Challenges http://www.europeansources.info/record/information-guide-european-migration-challenges/

Sputnik International, 06.04.16: Czech President Rejects EU's Refugee Resettlement Quotas http://sputniknews.com/europe/20160406/1037596525/czech-zeman-refugee-quotas.html

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