Czech and Slovak interior ministers call for broader European solution to illegal migration

Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan discussed measures aimed at curbing illegal migration along the Balkans route to Western Europe with his newly-appointed Slovak counterpart Šutajem Eštokem in Prague on Thursday. Both countries have introduced random checks on their southern and eastern borders so as to curb the flow of illegal migrants which the Slovak interior minister said had risen from 6,000 in 2022 to 46,000 in his country this year. Minister Rakušan praised cooperation between the Czech and Slovak police forces, but stressed the need for a broader European solution. He said Germany and Austria would be invited to the next Visegrad Group summit in order to hold a debate on a broader platform.