German and Czech police to coordinate measures against illegal migration

The Geman and Czech police are planning to take coordinated measures against illegal migration, in response to the worsening situation on the Balkans route. Czech Interior Minister Vít Rakušan said the two sides were considering a number of measures, including reinstating permanent checks at selected border crossings. He said further talks with his German counterpart Nancy Faeser would take place next week. Similar consultations are underway with Slovakia.

In the course of September, the Czech police detained dozens of illegal migrants from Syria. On Thursday this week officers in South Moravia detained a van carrying 33 refugees during a random road check near the Slovak border. The previous week they stopped a van with 27 migrants from Syria near Hodonín and a few days prior to that eight migrants were detained on a road near Prostějov after the smuggler’s car broke down.