Over 130,000 Ukrainian refugees now hold special visas for CR

The Czech Republic has already granted special visas to over 120,000 Ukrainian refugees, the Ministry of the Interior said on Friday. The minister of the interior, Vit Rakusan, said on Thursday that nearly 200,000 Ukrainians seeking refuge from Russia’s war on their country had already arrived. He later stated that final number could be twice as high.

Prague’s mayor, Zdeněk Hřib, said that that situation in Prague with regard to refugees had become serious. He said available accommodation had been exhausted and that the city had been preparing emergency solutions.

Around half of the Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic are in Prague or the surrounding Central Bohemia Region.