Slovakia will only grant asylum to Christian immigrants from Syria. As part of aEuropean Union plan to relocate 40,000 immigrants, the country will take in 200 people from refugee camps in Greece, Italy and Turkey.
Ivan Netik, a spokesperson for Slovakia’s interior ministry, said: “Muslims will not be granted asylum because they wouldn’t feel at home.”
However, the UN’s refugee agency (UNHCR) branded the decision ‘outrageous’, saying that Slovakia and other countries with similar attitudes should adopt a more ‘inclusive approach’ to the relocation of immigrants.