One of three Syrian families taken in for medical reasons has departed for Germany

One of the three Syrian families who were granted asylum in the Czech Republic and whose children were to receive treatment within the Medevac aid programme has departed for Germany, Interior Minister Milan Chovanec reported on Friday. The minister said they left the country shortly after arriving in Prague and it was not possible for the authorities to keep them here against their will. They were the first of a larger group of 15 Syrian families selected by specialists from camps in Jordan in order to give the children medical care which cannot be administered inside the refugee camps. The first three children who arrived had a heart defect, muscle dystrophia and severe burns.