Rakušan: Govt. readying plan to integrate up to half million Ukrainians

The minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, says that the government is preparing a strategy that would cover the integration of up to half a million Ukrainian refugees into the Czech Republic.At present the government are working to accommodate around a quarter of a million.

Mr. Rakušan said on Monday evening that the country was moving from a crisis situation to having to carry out long-term planning. After discussions within the coalition government his integration strategy will be presented to MPs and the public on Thursday next week.

The Czech Republic has a population of 10.7 million.