PRAGUE, July 6 (Xinhua) -- The Czech Republic proposes to provide up to 800,000 euros in support of EU activities in Libya, and also promises to send police to Italy, the Interior Ministry said on its website on Thursday.
The Ministry said that the migrant pressure in the Mediterranean is enormous, which affects mainly Italy. The Czech Republic is aware of this serious and complex situation, and Interior Minister Milan Chovanec expressed his support to his Italian counterpart Marcus Minniti, and offered him concrete help.
Chovanec wrote about the proposals in a letter to Minniti. In the letter, Chovanec said the Czech Republic will continue to help Italy in the hotspots to return illegal migrants and is also prepared to send the necessary number of police officers to Italy.
Among other things, the Czech Republic is prepared to increase the financial contribution of up to 800,000 euros to support the activities of the EU in Libya aimed to lower the influx of migrants from Libya to the EU.
However, Chovanec continues to reject the redistribution of refugees based on quotas, saying the quota system is totally non-functional.
Minniti called on European countries on Sunday to open their ports to boats saving migrants in the Mediterranean and so ease Italy's situation. (1 euro = 1.14 U.S. dollars)
