Rakušan: Czechia will never accept compulsory migrant quotas

Czechia will never accept compulsory quotas of migrants handed down by the European Union, the country’s minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said in Brussels on Tuesday. He made the comment at a meeting of EU interior ministers discussing a planned asylum and migration pact.

Mr. Rakušan said Czechia’s priority was clear and tight border procedures for people entering EU territory.

At previous gatherings this year, Europe’s interior ministers agreed on a definition of solidarity in the case of migrants. Exemptions from financial contributions to overburdened states in Southeastern Europe were also secured, including for Czechia, which is itself subject to migration from Ukraine.