Foreigners and the Czech Republic
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Affordable, safe Prague attractive to post-Soviet middle classes, says political scientist Emil…
Emil Aslan was born in Armenia, lived in Moscow and in his late teens moved to Prague, where today he is associate professor in Russian and East European Studies at…
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Head of Iraqi migrant relocation project: We cannot see into the heads and hearts of refugees
The relocation program for 150 Christian refugees from Iraq suffered a bad blow last week when it emerged that 25 of the 89 refugees already here had given up their asylum…
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Proposed new asylum rules elicit swift negative response from Prague
Amidst a deepening refugee crisis in Europe, the EC on Wednesday proposed new common asylum rules that would replace the so-called Dublin Regulation, under which people…
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Relocation programme for Christian refugees from Iraq in jeopardy after large group moves to Germany
A government-supported relocation programme for 150 Christian refugees from Iraq has been suspended after an eight-member-family decided to return to their homeland and 25…
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Interest mounts in Arab culture say Arabfest organisers
The annual festival of Arab culture, or Arabfest, got underway this week in the west Bohemian city of Pilsen. Now in its seventh year, the event offers a number of…
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Campaign highlights plight of present-day refugees by recalling dramatic communist-era escapes
A new campaign launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees called “We ourselves were refugees” is attempting to show that the current refugee crisis, at…
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Amnesty highlights Czech treatment of refugees in latest annual report
The Czech Republic has come in for some criticism in Amnesty International’s latest annual report on the human rights situation around the world. Not for the first time…
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Moravian village unsettled by arrival of Iraqi refugees
Another group of Christian refugees from Iraq is set to arrive at Prague’s Václav Havel Airport on Friday. The families are part of a larger group whose relocation has…
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“Symbol of help for refugees” attacked in Prague
On Saturday evening, hours after anti-Islamic demonstrations in Prague, around 20 masked men attacked a social centre in the city that organises collections for refugees…
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Christian refugees from Iraq start new life in Czech Republic
The first of a group of 153 Christian refugees from Iraq due to settle in the Czech Republic arrived in the country last weekend amid heightened media interest. I spoke to…
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Schools material over immigrants sparks row
A project launched by the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees aimed at teaching schoolchildren about migrants has stirred heated debate in the Czech Republic…
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Christian refugees from Iraq find new home in Czech Republic
The first of a group of 153 Christian refugees from Iraq due to settle in the Czech Republic arrived over the weekend. The plan to take in Christians at risk was initiated…
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