Over 200,000 Ukrainians handed humanitarian visas, overall number now nearing 300,000

Over 200,000 Ukrainian refugees have now received special humanitarian visas in the Czech Republic, and the overall number of refugees in the country, according to mobile operators, is nearing 300,000. Prime Minister Petr Fiala said this week that the Czech Republic had come close to the limit of refugees the country was able to absorb. The government last week negotiated with the regions about how many refugees they could take and the fire service transported some of those who arrived in Prague to other regions in order to even out the burden and provide refugees with more suitable accommodation. In the past days Prague was having to resort to emergency accommodation such as providing inflated beds and sleeping bags in gym halls.