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Czech Republic to Deport Iraqi Christians After Attempted Move to Germany

© AFP 2023 / ARIS MESSINISA group of 21 Christian refugees from Iraq arrived on Sunday in the Czech Republic, a local radio station reported
A group of 21 Christian refugees from Iraq arrived on Sunday in the Czech Republic, a local radio station reported - Sputnik International
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Iraqi Christian refugees are set be deported back to Iraq from the Czech Republic after attempting to cross into Germany, Czech police said on Sunday.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — The group of 25 refugees from Iraq had been granted asylum in the Czech Republic's southern town of Jihlava within an Iraqi Christian resettlement program organized by the Generation 21 Endowment. The refugees were detained on the Czech-German border by German police while attempting to cross into Germany on a bus, before being handed over to Czech authorities.

"After the asylum proceedings were terminated, these persons received a departure order, which is still valid. Their personal freedom will not be restricted and they are still obliged to leave the territory of the Czech Republic by April 7," Czech Foreign Police spokesperson Katerina Rendlova said, as quoted by the CTK news agency.

A group of 21 Christian refugees from Iraq arrived on Sunday in the Czech Republic, a local radio station reported - Sputnik International
Group of Christian Refugees From Iraq Arrives in Czech Republic
The refugees have not contacted Generation 21, but the organization will seek to find a solution to the problem, a Generation 21 spokesman said.

In early March, Czech Prime Minister Bohuslav Sobotka stated that the country was ready to accept refugees from Turkey, which will enable Prague to partially fulfill the EU mandatory quota scheme aimed at relocating 160,000 refugees among its member states. The Czech Republic pledged to relocate 2,000 refugees.

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