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Czech Republic: Asylum and immigration

01 January 1991

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Czech Republic: Asylum and immigration
artdoc July=1994

Asylum-seekers expelled from refugee centres

Following amendments to asylum laws that took effect on 1
January, the Interior Ministry informed 120 asylum-seekers in
refugee centres that they would be evicted. Under new procedures,
rejected asylum-seekers can appeal to the Supreme Court but while
awaiting a decision they are not allowed to stay in the refugee
centres. The Prague Organisation for Refugee Aid is seeking
people to provide accommodation and jobs for those who face
homelessness. The Ministry of Interior's deputy director of
alien and border services defended the government's decision.
`The Czech Republic is not some kind of waiting room', he said.
`Our capacity is very limited'. He added that he had recently met
with a German government representative to complain about
foreigners being expelled from Germany into the Czech Republic,
even though they had never passed through Czech territory (Prague
Post 16-22.2.94).

IRR European Race Audit, Bulletin no 8, May 1994. Contact:Liz
Fekete, Insitute of Race Relations, 2-6 Leeke Street, London WC1X
9HS. Tel: 071 837 0041

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