Czech Republic president Milos Zeman said that it is “impossible” to integrate Muslims from the Middle East into European societies because their core values are too dissimilar to those of Western populations.
In an outspoken interview the veteran left-winger blamed the New Year’s Eve rapes in Cologne on “Muslim culture” and said people who want to live according to Islamic law should not move to Europe to settle.
His controversial remarks come amid growing fury in neighbouring Germany over a string of refugee sex attacks, with a poll today revealing nearly half of Germans now openly fear newly arrived migrants.
Speaking on local TV the 71-year-old president said immigration from countries with “similar cultures”, including Ukraine and Vietnam, had benefitted Czech society.
But he claimed recently arrived refugees from the Middle East have brought “ghettos and excluded localities” to Europe, referring to reports of radicalised Muslim neighbourhoods in cities including London and Paris. [Daily Express] Read more
