The umbrella organization RomanoNet protested against the statement of the government commissioner for human rights, Klára Šimáčková Laurenčíková, who stated that the Czech Republic managed the influx of refugees from Ukraine last year. According to 15 Roma and pro-Roma organizations that RomanoNet brings together, the Czech Republic has failed to help Roma refugees from Ukraine.

“From the point of view of Roma civil society, the state as a whole has failed in providing assistance to people with a different skin colour. Many of them have been forced to return to a country where the war conflict is still ongoing, or to go to the West, where the colour of the skin is not a decisive factor in the provision of aid. In view of the above, it cannot be claimed that the situation has been managed or solved,” says the statement of the RomanoNet organization, which was provided to the news server Romea.cz by its director Michal Miko.

• RomanoNet: Česká vláda selhala v pomoci romským uprchlíkům z Ukrajiny. Byli jsme svědky dvojího přístupu k otázce pomoci běžencům. In: Romea. 24.02.2023. https://romea.cz/cz/domaci/romanonet-ceska-vlada-selhala-v-pomoci-romskym-uprchlikum-z-ukrajiny-byli-jsme-svedky-dvojiho-pristupu-k-otazce-pomoci-bezencum