passport, residence permit, or protection status, are excluded from temporary
protection. Undocumented eligible persons should be able to access temporary
protection, but, unlike for documented applicants, this will not be immediate. Stateless
people who are ineligible for temporary protection may apply for international
protection in the Czech Republic. If they are not eligible for either type of protection,
they may apply for a renewable “tolerance visa” to stay in the country for 90 days if
they are unable to return to their country of origin. Stateless people may also apply to
have their statelessness determined by the Czech authorities, and, if successful, be
granted a renewable tolerated stay visa for one year. However, as discussed under Issue
1, the procedure is vague and unclear, applicants are not guaranteed to be able to stay
on the territory, and the procedure offers very limited protection status. There have
been reports of discrimination and antigypsyism, in particular against Romani people
from Ukraine in entering the registration centre in Prague, accessing housing or
obtaining temporary protection. 68
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The Guardian, They won’t accept us’: Roma refugees forced to camp at Prague train station, 25 May 2022; ENS, Country
Briefing on the Czech Republic, 2022.
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