Macinka: Repatriation flights have brought around 1,400 Czechs back from Middle East

Repatriation flights have brought around 1,400 people back to Czechia from the Middle East since conflict erupted in the region, the minister of foreign affairs, Petr Macinka, said on CNN Prime News on Sunday. He said nearly 200 people had returned from Dubai on Saturday night.

Mr. Macinka said around 180 Czechs were currently stranded in Saudi Arabia’s Riyadh and about 140 in Qatar. As of Sunday, approximately 3,750 Czech citizens in the Middle East are listed in the Czech Ministry of Foreign Affairs’ voluntary registration system, though their number is constantly falling.

In addition to repatriation flights, Czechs are returning to the country on partially restored commercial flights, the minister told journalists.