Tent city opens for Ukrainian refugees in Prague

A tent city for Ukrainian refugees has opened in Prague, on May 14 the first bus with 16 people arrived here from the assistance centre in Vysochany.

 The tent city was set up by firefighters on Thursday [May 12] night in the Troy area, there are sleeping places for 150 people, European Truth writes, quoting Ceske Noviny.

 The town is intended mainly for refugees who are now at the main station.

They should stay in Troy before deciding whether they are eligible for a temporary visa.

 According to public organisations, hundreds of refugees, mostly of gipsy origin, live in poor conditions at the main railway station. They are waiting to check whether they have dual citizenship, Ukrainian and Hungarian.

If they have it, they are not entitled to temporary protection in the Czech Republic.

Firefighters have installed 10 tents in which people will be accommodated, and 10 more tents where there will be rooms for the coordinators of the tent camp, a kitchen and a dining room, or a children's corner.

 There are reinforced police patrols in Troy that will monitor security. The town is open all day, but at night from 22:00 to 06:00 it will be closed for arrivals and departures.