Germany turns back Romanies planning to apply for asylum in UK

A group of around 30 Czech Romanies bound for Great Britain were refused permission to enter Germany on Friday evening and have returned home. The Romanies, from the Ostrava region of north Moravia, said they planned to apply for political asylum in Britain. They said they did not feel safe in the Czech Republic and were subject to constant discrimination. The British government is currently being taken to court on behalf of six Romanies who British officials refused to allow to fly to the UK from Prague airport. The airport controls have been carried out over the last year in an attempt to stop Czech Romanies from applying for asylum in Britain.