Ex-Czech president launches anti-immigrant petition

Former Czech president Vaclav Klaus, a renowned Euro-skeptic, has launched an "Against Immigration" petition which calls "mass immigration a fundamental threat for the stability of Europe and individual EU member states," ABC News reported.

In the text, Klaus called on the Czech government to use all possible means, including police and armed forces, to protect the country's border and to reject any plans by the European Union to establish a quota system for accepting migrants in the 28-member bloc.

He said it was "unacceptable" for Germany and France to put pressure on other EU member states on the issue.

Meanwhile, the Czech Republic's most famous female athlete, seven-time Olympic gymnastics champion Vera Caslavska, published an appeal to the public asking the Czechs to help migrants and refugees. Caslavska said it would be Europeans, not the migrants, who lose human dignity if they refuse to help.
Source: MENA