Czech News Agency
June 22, 2005

ASYLUM SEEKERS HOLD MUSIC CONTEST

PRAGUE, June 22 (CTK) – Czech, Arabic, Armenian and other types of
music could be heard in Prague’s Archa theatre this evening where a
music contest for asylum seekers was held by the Asylum Facility
Administration together with Brno’s Masaryk University.

Some 24 contestants from asylum facilities around the Czech Republic
took part. The youngest was only four years old, while the oldest was
66.

Head of the Asylum Facility Administration Miluse Dohnalova told
reporters that the idea behind the project was to show that asylum
seekers are creative people that have something to offer Czech
society.