Czech border controls blocking migrants' route to Germany frustrate Slovakia

A woman walking with children speaks on a phone at a tent camp for migrants in Kuty, near the Czech-Slovak border, Slovakia, November 10, 2022. REUTERS/Radovan Stoklasa

KUTY, Slovakia (Reuters) - Slovakia on Thursday stepped up pressure on the Czech Republic to ease border controls in place for weeks to combat an increase in the number of migrants, mostly from Syria, who are heading to Germany and Western Europe.

The controls have raised tensions between the allies, with Slovak Prime Minister Eduard Heger challenging their use under European Union rules and heading to Prague on Thursday evening to seek a solution with his Czech counterpart Petr Fiala.