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Central Europeans need to do more to help refugees, UN agency says

PRAGUE, Feb 11 (Reuters) The United Nations agency for refugees called on central European countries to overcome public opposition and give more help to refugees from war-torn regions.
The UNHCR made its plea today, before a summit of the Visegrad group - Poland, Hungary, Czech Republic and Slovakia -opens in Prague on Monday. The group opposes European Union efforts to distribute asylum seekers across the EU and instead wants to emphasise securing the EU's external borders.
"It is time for the leadership in Central Europe to set a strong example and commit to helping families fleeing war and human rights violations, irrespective of their nationality or religion," the UNHCR's regional representative for Central Europe, Montserrat Feixas Vih, said in a statement.
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