Current Affairs NGOs unite against proposed law affecting foreigners seeking residency
Representatives of around thirty Czech and international NGOs gathered outside the Czech Senate on Monday, to hand over a petition to the Senate's chairman. The issue that had made them unite was a proposed change to the law which if approved, they said, would deny foreigners seeking residency in the Czech Republic some of their basic human rights. Czech MPs are currently discussing whether foreigners who marry Czechs should automatically be granted a long-term residency permit in the country - or whether this system is currently too open to abuse. This and other proposed amendments to the law have raised alarm amongst NGOs, who today took their complaints to Parliament.
Chairman of the Senate Premysl Sobotka
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