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Migrant crisis: Czechs accused of human right abuses | |
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The UN has accused Czech authorities of "systematic" rights violations in the treatment of refugees and migrants. | |
The Czech Republic was holding migrants in "degrading" conditions for up to 90 days, the UN human rights chief said. | |
Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said migrants had been strip-searched to find money to pay for their detention, and protested about "Islamophobic" statements by Czech President Milos Zeman. | |
The president's spokesman said he "stood by his opinions". | |
While other European countries had implemented policies to restrict the movement of migrants, the Czech Republic was "unique" in its routine detention of migrants for long periods, Mr Hussein said. | |
He said the measures taken appeared to be "designed to deter migrants and refugees from entering the country or staying there". | |
Mr Hussein said one detention facility in Beza-Jezova has been described as "worse than a prison" by the Czech justice minister. |