Prague, July 6 (CTK) – The Interior Ministry will propose that the Czech Republic provide 800,000 euros in support of EU activities in Libya aimed to lower the influx of migrants from Libya to the EU and it promises to send police to Italy, it wrote on its web page on Thursday.
Interior Minister Milan Chovanec wrote about the proposals in a letter to his Italian counterpart Marc Minniti.
However, the ministry continues to reject the redistribution of refugees based on quotas.
The European Commission presented proposed aid to Italy which is overburdened by the migrant crisis on Tuesday. The EU interior ministers supported the aid on Thursday.
Chovanec wrote to Minniti that he is ready to send a “strong police contingent” to help return refugees from Italy if he asks for the assistance.
Minniti called on European countries on Sunday to open their ports to boats saving migrants in the Mediterranean and so ease Italy’S situation.
In the interview with daily Il Messaggero, he said Italy is under an “enormous pressure” due to the refugees. Italy is now the major gate for migrants seeking assistance in Europe.
Since the closure of the Balkan path last year, most of them are trying to get to Europe from the North African coast across the Mediterranean.
