Foreign minister says Russia playing role in migration crisis

Russia has played a role in the ongoing migration crisis, Czech Foreign Minister Lubomír Zaorálek has maintained in an interview for financial daily Hospodářské noviny. After a meeting of EU foreign ministers on Monday, Mr Zaorálek said the Russians had been active in “supplying” migrants to the EU. With Europe trying to shut down corridors into the 28-member bloc, the foreign minister said migrants would look for new entry routes; the foreign minister suggested that migrants could travel through Russia and on to Scandinavia. Mr Zaorálek cited information that Russians were actively transporting migrants across their territory while the country itself largely refused them asylum.

Author: Jan Velinger