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 68 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. 13

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