Czechia Is Discriminating Against Romani Refugees From Ukraine
According to the report, the discrimination has been underway since the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, AtoZSerwisPlus.com reports.
In addition, the same revealed the figures of refugees from Ukraine in Czechia who are dual citizens, while the numbers confirm that some politicians from the Czech Republic made untrue statements when alleging that many Romani refugees from Ukraine hold dual citizenship.
“To date, we have applied for a review of approximately 5,500 cases, with the result that we found about 150 people who actually have dual citizenship,” a spokesperson for the Police Praesidium, Ond?ej Morav?ík, told Czech Television on 11 June.
According to CNN, the Czech Republic’s government framed the dual citizenship of Roma refugees as a major issue. In addition, the Czech Ministry of Interior told CNN that the police officials had conducted more than 7,100 checks and found 335 instances of people obtaining dual citizenship. It stressed that there were 201 people with Hungarian citizenship as well as 66 with Polish citizenship, while the rest had citizenship of other EU countries.
Authorities in the Czech Republic have refused to acknowledge that they treat Romani refugees from Ukraine differently.
“CNN visited shelters and spoke to a number of refugees, social workers and activists in the Czech Republic, Romania and Moldova. In all three countries, the problems Roma refugees face are uncannily similar,” the report published by CNN reads.
Recently, the data provided by the Czech Republic’s Statistical Office (CSO) revealed that in the first quarter of this year, a total of 250,000 people had been granted temporary protection related to the war in Ukraine.
“9,300 Ukrainians immigrated to the Czech Republic in the first quarter, when the Russian invasion of Ukraine began, and 2,400 left the country. In addition to the Ukrainians, the citizens of Slovakia and Russia once again contributed to the increase in the population of the Czech Republic,” the statistics published by CSO revealed.
In addition, the figures provided by the European Border and Coast Guard Agency (Frontex) revealed that nearly 7.5 million refugees from Ukraine and Moldova entered the EU countries, including nearly 6.5 million Ukrainian citizens.
Besides, in order to help refugees from Ukraine, the European Commission previously activated the Temporary Protection Directive, which aims to help refugees to stay in a specific country for at least one year and also have access to education and the labour market.
