Twenty Egyptian asylum seekers decide to leave

Some twenty Egyptian nationals who had asked for asylum in the Czech Republic returned to their homeland this week. They left of their own volition when it became clear that their plans to settle in Western Europe could not be realized. Over 200 Egyptian nationals have asked for asylum in the Czech Republic and there were recently two mass-escapes from Czech asylum centers. Altogether over 100 Egyptian asylum seekers escaped allegedly with help from smugglers. The majority of them were detained at the country's western border and the incidents resulted in tightened security at all asylum centers.