Foreign police detained over 80 illegal migrants over weekend

The Czech Republic’s foreign police detained 81 illegal migrants, including children, over the last weekend, the Foreign Police spokeswoman Kateřina Rendlová told the Czech News Agency on Monday. During the first six months of the year, policemen detained 3,003 illegal migrants, which is 48 percent more than in the same period last year. Most of the apprehended people come from Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan and most of them were caught in south Moravia, Ústí nad Labem and Prague. Police stepped up controls on trains and on roads in the border area in mid-June.

Author: Ruth Fraňková