The chamber of commerce of Usti nad Labem, a town of 93,000 in northern Bohemia, has called for the army to be deployed on the town’s streets to help it deal with problems caused by Roma migrants. Using stark language, the chamber’s external communications coordinator and the letter’s author, warned of a ‘demographic catastrophe’ as more Roma move into the town, often from neighbouring Slovakia. The letter claimed this drove down house prices and displaced the well-mannered and less aggressive non-Roma. ‘As soon as possible the army should be deployed for internal security duties such as assisting the police service. The army can do this immediately and it would also result in the city saving a lot of money.’ He added the town could borrow David Cameron’s ideas on limiting migration by reforming benefits to migrants.