"The only way of solving the migrant crisis is the deportation of economic migrants and those who incite religious violence, religious hatred, in short, prepare the ground for terrorist attacks," Zeman said at a conference in Bratislava, as cited by the Pravda newspaper.
He urged the ruling Social-Democratic party not to delude itself about true intentions of those who enter Europe under the guise of refugees.
"Let’s not delude ourselves that migrants are not jihadists who can create so-called sleeper cells to prepare monstrous acts of terrorism, as recently in Paris," he said, referring to the November 13 attacks in France.
The Czech Republic has been fiercely opposed to the European Commission’s plan to share out thousands of refugees among EU member states. About 2,500 people took to the streets in Prague last Saturday to protest the growing inflow of immigrants, under the guidance of the Dresden-based anti-Islam group Pegida.
