Czech City Calls for Army to Deal with Roma

Tensions between Czechs and Roma in some areas of the Czech Republic have been unfortunately high, but an official letter from Ústí nad Labem’s District Chamber of Commerce has made international headlines.

In the letter, the Chamber’s Coordinator of External Communications Jan Kymla warns of a “demographic catastrophe that is perhaps already inevitable” in Ústí nad Labem and other cities in the Czech Republic.

“The more respectable and less aggressive element is always pushed out,” writes Kymla, comparing the situation in Ústí to that of international countries such as the USA, France, and Sweden.

“The army can start doing this immediately, and would bring the cities big savings,” writes Kymla. “Guard duty in segregated areas would be perfect practical training.”

“We don’t have to invent anything, we can just copy what David Cameron has proposed for the UK,” reports The Telegraph’s Matthew Day, quoting Kymla.

“For starters, we should set benefits at the same level as Slovakia, to remove the incentive to come here, and stop paying benefits for children.”

Of course, the rest of the country isn’t in agreement with Ústí’s Chamber.

“We disagree with any discriminatory, racist or xenophobic speeches.”