Just before the start of the winter sports season, a group of Ukrainian refugees has to leave a rest home belonging to the Czech parliament. The decision drew criticism from the general public. The building complex of the House of Representatives in Harrachov in the Giant Mountains has housed about two dozen people since the spring. The background is the desire of several MPs to use the facility near the border with Poland for their winter holidays.
Alternative shelter has now been found in the city for the refugees, a spokeswoman for the administrative region of Liberec told the German news agency on Friday. “I’m glad they can stay where they work and where their children go to school,” said regional president Martin Puta.
“This should not have happened”
In addition to the opposition, Prime Minister Petr Fiala also criticized the behavior of the parliamentary administration. The Ukrainians “should have stayed there, it shouldn’t have happened,” the liberal-conservative politician told CNN Prima News. Chamber of Deputies leader Marketa Adamova Pekarova dismissed the criticism as a “storm in a teacup”.
Since the start of the Russian offensive war at the end of February, almost 467,000 Ukrainians have received temporary protection in the Czech Republic. This is according to figures from the Ministry of the Interior in Prague. The EU and NATO member state itself has only 10.5 million inhabitants.
Source: Krone
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