In the second year of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Czech Republic is preparing a special program for the voluntary return of refugees home.
According to the draft sixth amendment of the law, known as the “lex Ukraina”, which regulates the rights and obligations of Ukrainian refugees in the Czech Republic, the program provides for the provision of assistance and reimbursement of part of the costs in the case of refugees returning to Ukraine.
The amendment also provides for the extension of the temporary protection for new entrants for one year, ie until the end of March 2025. – reports the agency UNIAN with reference to the Czech public radio.
The refugee return program will be approved and launched after the government in Prague has made a final decision on what kind of support for Ukrainians the funds will be allocated to.
The authors of the bill explain that while the situation in Ukraine is not satisfactory in many respects, help should be provided to refugees who wish to return to their homeland.
According to the Ukrainian Interior Ministry, there were 360.9 thousand people in the Czech Republic in mid-August 2023. refugees from Ukraine, mainly women and children.
Czech Republic: Refugees from Ukraine live below the poverty line
Recent studies in the Czech Republic have shownthat 68 percent of Ukrainian refugees live below the poverty line and 45 percent. survived on their savings for less than a month.
67 percent Professionally active Ukrainians found work in the Czech Republic, although more than half of them work in lower-skilled positions. At the same time, more than 40 percent perform work significantly below their qualifications, not fully utilizing their own potential.
“Unskilled work is associated with many problems. Two-thirds of the refugees earn up to CZK 150 net per hour (PLN 27.5). A quarter have to work more to earn a living” – write the study’s authors.
A third of the respondents say they work without social and health insurance and without holidays.
Source: Do Rzeczy
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