Prague received almost 12,000 Ukrainian refugees. Humanitarian aid is also being relocated to other regions iROZHLAS
The Assistance Center for Aid to Refugees from Ukraine at the Prague Congress Center on Sunday handled 3,284 people, 180 of whom were accommodated. Mayor Zdeněk Hřib (Pirates) stated this on Twitter on Monday morning. Since the beginning of the Russian invasion, the capital has already registered 11,851 people, and several other Ukrainian stoves have taken buses to other, less busy regions. Over the weekend, the refugees headed to register in the Hradec Králové or Liberec regions.
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The onslaught at the Prague center has been increasing in recent days. On Saturday, 3017 people checked in there, and on Friday, about 2,600 refugees.
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According to the city’s original assumptions, the center in the Congress Center in Vyšehrad, where the registration of refugees moved from the Municipal Library on Friday, was planned for a capacity of 2,000 people.
The movement of people to less busy regions began. On Saturday, 119 people were transferred from Prague to other centers in the Czech Republic, and on Sunday, 307. In addition to registration and medical examinations of Ukrainian refugees, assistance centers throughout the Czech Republic also provide accommodation, logistics, humanitarian aid and transport.
In the ten days since the start of the attack on Ukraine, which Russia launched on February 24, more than 1.5 million people have fled to neighboring countries. According to estimates, about 100,000 refugees from Ukraine have arrived in the Czech Republic so far, mostly women, children and the elderly.
The assistance center in Kongresák handled 3284 people on Sunday, accommodation was provided for 180 people. 307 people were transported by buses from Kongresák for check-in at other assistance centers. Since the beginning of the operation of the assistance center, 11,851 people have been handled.
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