Visas for Czechs were necessary - Canadian press.

(From Czech News Agency)

Ottawa, July 17 (CTK) - Canadian papers have commented on Canada's reimposition of visa requirements on Czech citizens this week in reaction to a rising number of Czech immigrants, mainly Romanies, seeking asylum there. It is unfortunate, but Canada has no other possibility but to reintroduce visas for Czechs, the Canadian daily National Post wrote in an editorial on Thursday. "Even while groaning for decades under Soviet oppression, the Czechs remained among the most cultured of Europeans. The Czech Republic and its earlier incarnations have produced great composers (Dvorak and Smetana), great writers (Kafka and Kundera), hockey players (Jagr and …