Interior Minister: Czech government not planning to accept more refugees voluntarily

The Czech government is not considering raising the number of migrants the Czech Republic is going to accept on a voluntary basis, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec told journalists during the cabinet meeting on Wednesday. He said the government can see no reason to accept more than the 1,100 refugees it previously promised. The government on Wednesday authorised the Interior Minister to reject mandatory quotas for migrants at the forthcoming talks with his EU counterparts in Brussels on September 14. According to the latest EU proposal officially presented by EC President Jean-Claude Juncker on Wednesday, the Czech Republic should accept about 3,000 refugees.