Czech Republic ready to accept all Belarusian political refugees
It also promises not to extradit them to Belarus despite the Interpol's demands. Moreover, opposition activists may receive visas upon the simplified procedure.
The Czech Minister of Internal Affairs Radek Jon has informed about this.
“The Czech Republic knows that the KGB has great opportunitites for monitoring of the situation, and as soon as political asylum procedures start, there appears a letter from the Interpol demanding to hand this person in. The Czech Republic will not conduct extradition of the Belarusian political refugees. Moreover, the Czech Republic is ready to accept and give refuge to all the Belarusian political refugees who suffered from repressions connected with the presidential election on December 19, 2010” – the representative of the Ministry of Internal Affairs has said .
Siarhej Kaliakin, Stanislau Shushkevich, Aliaksandr Kazulin, Dzianis Sadouski and Victar Ivashkevich participated in the meeting with the Czech Minister and the head of the migration department Tomas Haisman.
The Czech Republic is not likely to follow Poland's steps on abolishment of payment for the national visas. It will simplify the procedure of visa issuance and abolish the fees for the representatives of the democratic opposition and the civil society of Belarus. The Czech Minister of Internal Affairs Radek Jon and the director of the migration department of the Czech Ministry of Internal Affairs Tomas Haisman have said this at the meeting with the representatives of the Belarusian opposition in Prague. According to the Minister, the Czech Republic will strongly stand for increase of the list of officials who are prohibited to enter the country due to their guilt in the election falsification and political repressions after December 19.
"These questions concerned the possibility of a different approach to the Shengen visa issuance for all the Belarusian citizens. We also discussed the issue of possible creation of an international commission - they considered and supported the Lithuanian Parliament's resolution. We also discussed an issue that each Belarusian, who suffered from repressions, should be provided an opportunity to find his place in the Czech Republic, in order to protect his life and health”, — said Aliaksandr Kazulin to the European Radio for Belarus.
