Over 205,000 visas now granted to Ukrainians

Over 205,000 people fleeing Russia’s war on Ukraine have now received special visas to be in the Czech Republic, the Ministry of the Interior said on Monday. To date around 110,000 have registered with the country’s migration police.

The highest number of refugees has come to Prague, followed by the Central Bohemian and South Moravian regions.

The minister of the interior, Vít Rakušan, said on Sunday that the government still believed there were around 270,000 Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic.