Spot checks on Slovak border extended to November 2

Spot checks on Czechia’s border with Slovakia are set to continue until at least November 2. The Czech government decided to extend an initial 10-day period of controls that would have ended on Friday, the minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, announced on Wednesday evening after a government meeting.

Czechia, Poland and Austria introduced controls on their borders with Slovakia last Wednesday with a view to curbing the number of migrants illegally attempting to use their territory to reach further west.