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Czech lawmakers hear police figures on crime among prewar refugees

From iDNES · () Czech

Translated from Czech and summarized by DistantNews. Read the original for the full story.

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News Named sources Context piece
  • Czech lawmakers received police figures on crime involving refugees who arrived before the war.
  • Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar said current European legislation does not adequately address situations such as the presence of thousands of illegal migrants in Spain’s Ceuta.
  • Metnar said the Czech Republic would not tolerate residency-rule violations or criminal activity by people staying in the country.

Czech lawmakers received what were described as real police figures on crime among refugees who arrived before the war.

Interior Minister Lubomír Metnar said current European legislation does not provide an effective enough response to situations such as the one in Spain’s Ceuta, where thousands of illegal migrants remain.

“We will not tolerate violations of the rules for staying in our territory or criminal activity by those who reside here,” Metnar told members of the parliamentary security committee.

We will not tolerate violations of the rules for staying in our territory or criminal activity by those who reside here.

· Lubomír MetnarThe Czech interior minister addressed lawmakers on residency violations and crime during a security committee meeting.
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