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For several weeks, hundreds of Roma refugees who fled Ukraine have been refused residence permits in the Czech Republic. In Prague, dozens of families sleep on the floor of the Central Station. An open-air humanitarian crisis that led the authorities to build, last weekend, a guarded camp on the outskirts of the city for these unwanted war refugees.

• En Tchéquie, une si fragile solidarité pour les réfugiés roms d’Ukraine. In: Le Courrier d’Europe Centrale. 18.05.2022. https://courrierdeuropecentrale.fr/en-tchequie-une-si-fragile-solidarite-pour-les-refugies-roms-dukraine/

The Ukrainian Roma refugees which were in the Prague central railway station were moved to a camp in Troja.

• Roms d’Ukraine : les « réfugiés de la gare » déplacés dans un camp à Troja. In: Radio Prague International. 17.05.2022. https//francais.radio.cz/roms-dukraine-les-refugies-de-la-gare-deplaces-dans-un-camp-a-troja-8750659

The Czech Republic will strengthen passport control for refugees and provide assistance only to those fleeing the war and crossing the Ukrainian border.

Basically the statement is: Due to Roma, conditions are harder. The entire issue stems from the Hungarian Prime Minister Orban who gave Hungarian passports to many people in Transcarpathian Ukraine. Now, there are Roma with dual Ukrainian and Hungarian citizenship who obviously do not want to stay in Hungary…

• ЧЕХІЯ ПОСИЛИТЬ ПРАВИЛА ЩОДО БІЖЕНЦІВ ЧЕРЕЗ НАПЛИВ РОМІВ, ЯКІ НЕЗАКОННО НАМАГАЮТЬСЯ ОТРИМАТИ ДОПОМОГУ. In: Volynews. 13.05.2022. https://www.volynnews.com/news/all/chekhiia-posylyt-pravyla-shchodo-bizhentsiv-cherez-naplyv-romiv-iaki-nezakonno-namahaiutsia-otrymaty-dopomohu/

Ukrainian Roma refugees are sleeping in Prague’s main railway station.

• Ukraine : les réfugiés roms obligés de dormir à la Gare centrale de Prague. In: Radio Prague Interntional. 13.05.2022.https://francais.radio.cz/ukraine-les-refugies-roms-obliges-de-dormir-a-la-gare-centrale-de-prague-8750389

The Czech Republic will tighten its rules on refugees due to the influx of Roma from the Ukraine with dua Hungarian and Ukrainian nationality.

• Czechia to tighten refugee rules due to Roma influx. In: Euractiv. 11.05.2022. https://www.euractiv.com/section/politics/short_news/czechia-to-tighten-refugee-rules-due-to-roma-influx/

An article highlighting the plight of Ukrainian Roma refugees from Transcarpathia in the Czech Republic. The ones with a Hungarian passports have gone, but the ones that are still there lodge in tents in difficult circumstances.

• Zbytek zakarpatských Romů v Pardubicích přežívá ve stanech. In: Novinky. 10.05.2022. https://www.novinky.cz/domaci/clanek/zbytek-zakarpatskych-romu-v-pardubicich-preziva-ve-stanech-40396543

The treatment of Ukrainian Roma Refugees in the Czech Republic says a lot about the prevalent racism against Roma in the country.

• Renata Berkyová at Lety u Písku: How is the current Romani society living in the Czech Republic to comprehend the open racism toward Romani refugees from Ukraine? In: Romea. 09.05.2022. http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/renata-berkyova-at-lety-u-pisku-how-is-the-current-romani-society-living-in-the-czech-republic-to-comprehend-the-open