Interior Ministry says it has trouble accommodating large groups of Roma refugees who insist on staying together

The Interior Ministry is having problems finding accommodation for the several hundred Ukrainian Romanies who are seeking refuge in the Czech Republic, the news site Novinky reported. The problem with finding accommodation for Romany refugees is that there often come in groups of up to 30 people who want to stay together in one place and refuse to split up into different localities. Around 1 200 have arrived and the authorities say they lack the required accommodation for around 500 of them. Interior Minister Vít Rakušan has rejected claims that they were discriminated against. “They are treated like all other refugees. If they refuse the accommodation we offer them, then they are not entitled to further assistance” the minister told Novinky.