Czech President Predicts 2016 'Tsunami' of Young Male Refugees

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Czech President Milos Zeman predicted a "tsunami" of refugees entering his country, who he believes should not be eligible for asylum.
The 1951 Refugee Convention allows only political persecution, not the fact of living in a war zone, to be used as grounds for asylum, Czech President Milos Zeman said on Tuesday.
According to Zeman, the simplest solution to the refugee crisis would be the deportation of economic migrants and those refugees who show hatred toward others. Zeman was criticized by the head of the Czech Republic's leading refugee aid agency.
"We all feel compassion for the refugees, but facts have confirmed that 80 percent of them are healthy men who should fight for the freedom of their country. And if they come from countries with no hostilities, they should work for their country, not leave it," Zeman said, according to the Czech News Agency (CTK).


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