Some have been asked to produce certain documents and fill out forms available only in Czech. Badly briefed, the guards did not know what to require and have faulted the legislators for passing the law at the last minute and requiring instant enforcement. The law was signed on Dec. 23. But the holidays apparently interfered with sending out the information. The measure is a part of an effort to gain the Czech Republic's entry into the European Union.
Illegal immigrants trying to go to Germany often pass through here.