The Czech Republic has employed 160,000 Ukrainian refugees, according to Czech Prime Minister Petr Fiala.
“The Czech Republic is the country that has accepted the most Ukrainian refugees per capita… Our decision has been successful, and we as a society have managed to overcome obstacles and further integrate refugees. Currently, 160,000 are working in our labor market,” Fiala said at a joint press conference with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in Prague on Monday.
According to him, proposals on the future of Ukrainian refugees “will depend on how the current situation develops.” At the same time, Fiala reminded that the current refugee protection program in the EU is valid until March 2026 and this deadline must be kept in mind.
According to updated UNHCR data, the number of Ukrainian refugees in Europe as of February 19, 2025, was estimated at 6.346 million, and worldwide at 6.907 million, which is 43,000 more than on January 16.
According to Eurostat, Germany remains by far the country with the largest number of refugees from Ukraine in the EU and the world, with 1,161,450 at the end of 2024, or 27.3% of the total number of beneficiaries in the EU. The top three also include Poland with 991,630, or 23.3%, and the Czech Republic with 388,630, or 9.1%.
