Czechia among 10 EU states calling on Brussels to help with refugee funding

The Czech Republic is among 10 EU member states who have asked Brussels to provide money for managing the Ukrainian refugee crisis. The countries are proposing that the European Commission uses its budgetary reserves or emergency funds for the purpose, the website of Czech Television reported on Tuesday. The text of a joint letter adressed by the countries to Brussels has been published on the website of Politico.

The information follows last week’s statement by the prime ministers of Poland and the Czech Republic that both countries will cooperate in their efforts to secure refugee funding from Brussels and lobby for Ukraine to acquire EU candidate status.