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FILE PHOTO: Czech Prime Minister Andrej Babis is waiting for an interview with Reuters at the Hrzan's Palace in Prague, Czech Republic, July 31, 2018. REUTERS / David W Cerny / Photo File
PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic on the rise of European Union countries that reject the United Nations.
The United Nations except the United States, which backed out last year. It followed the biggest influx of migrants in Europe since World War Two, many conflicts and poverty in the Middle East, Africa and beyond.
But the Czech government told Reuters earlier this month.
"Deputy Prime Minister Richard Brabec told the news conference" The Czech Republic has long been in favor of the principle of separating legal and illegal migration.
"That is what the Czech Republic's and other European countries' suggestions for. The final text does not reflect those proposals. "
The Czech concerns have been shared by the right-wing governments of Hungary and Austria, which also said they will not sign the agreement at a ceremony in Morocco in December.
Bulgaria's coalition government, which includes the anti-migration United Patriots party, has also dropped out of the agreement, and its parliament is due to vote on the issue on Wednesday. Poland has said it may follow suit.
The non-binding U.N. pact addresses issues such as how to protect people who migrate, how to integrate them into new countries and how to return them to their home countries.
U.N. Special Representative for International Migration Louise Arbor has called to move the agreement and to the contrary.
Reporting by Robert Muller and Jan Lopatka; editing by Darren Schuettler, Larry King
