Police deport 12 after operations to check foreigners’ ID

The Czech police have deported 12 people after checking the papers of 4,300 foreigners in operations in a number of cities on Tuesday. They registered nearly 300 contraventions of the country’s law on foreigners and levied fines of nearly CZK 200,000, a spokesperson said. Police also handed out flyers with information about the government’s voluntary repatriation scheme.