“The Prague Congress Center is now a key place for people fleeing the war in Ukraine, as it offers them a package of comprehensive services for a legal stay in the Czech Republic. It serves approximately 3,500 applicants a day, thanks to the maximum commitment of the components of the integrated rescue system, officials and all volunteers, “said Prague Mayor Zdeněk Hřib.

It should remain in operation until a more suitable alternative is found. The center is open 24 hours a day and helps Ukrainians with registration with the Aliens Police, processing visas, health insurance and finding accommodation.

According to Hřiba, however, the city has already exhausted its accommodation capacity. Those who come to the assistance center with a request for accommodation must take the buses of the fire brigade to other regions that still have free facilities for refugees.

Accommodation in gyms and private hotels

At the same time, the Prague City Council called on individual city districts to prepare emergency accommodation in their gyms. In total, 2,200 new beds for people fleeing the war should be created in Prague.

Owners of properties with free accommodation capacity in the capital city of Prague and the Central Bohemian Region who want to accommodate refugees can continue to report via the form at pomocukrajine.eu. The capital also uses the operators of accommodation facilities to offer premises worth the promised state compensation of CZK 180 / night in the case of an adult and CZK 100 / night in the case of a child under 10 years of age.

So far, over 100 people fleeing Ukraine have headed to the Czech Republic. According to the Austrian, the regions are able to provide basic comfort, including accommodation capacity, for approximately 250,000 people.

“From now on, because we suspect that the wave will be bigger, we must prepare for the government and other measures,” the Austrian said earlier. According to him, the measures concern, for example, the construction of human camps.