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on August 22, 2015 in World News

Czech Gov’t Says Ready to Use Army to Protect Borders From Refugees

Czech Gov’t Says Ready to Use Army to Protect Borders From Refugees The Czech government is set, in the event of an emergency situation, to send 2,600 servicemen to strengthen border patrols intended to counter a large-scale influx of refugees, Czech Defense Minister Martin Stropnicky said Thursday. PRAGUE (Sputnik) — Earlier in August, Czech President Milos Zeman said up to 1,500 soldiers could be sent to patrol the Czech borders “The Defense Ministry is ready to allocate a maximum of 2,600 soldiers [for protection of borders against undocumented immigrants] in case of further requests from the police,” Stropnicky told reporters…. View Article

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