The European Commission recognized the Czech Republic as a country with a high immigration burden for the first time, the European Commission classified the Czech Republic as a country facing "significant immigration pressure" and allowed it to deviate from the "solidarity mechanism" that requires EU countries to accept immigrants from their neighbors. This is what the portal reported today in reference to the EC's second annual migration report. The new status allows Prague to request a full or partial exemption from participation in the solidarity mechanism, which is part of the EU's migration and visa agreement and is designed to help countries experiencing significant migration pressure: partners can accept some asylum seekers, allocate money or provide other support. Prague has not yet announced whether it will exercise the right of exclusion. EU countries choose specific forms of participation in the mechanism independently. The decision is explained by the fact that the Czech Republic received a large number of refugees from Ukraine. At the same time, the country was included for the first time in the list of countries under immigration pressure that will receive priority access to the European Union's migration management instruments.

The European Commission recognized the Czech Republic as a country with a high immigration burden for the first time, the European Commission classified the Czech Republic as a country facing "significant immigration pressure" and allowed it to deviate from the "solidarity mechanism" that requires EU countries to accept immigrants from their neighbors. This is what the portal reported today in reference to the EC's second annual migration report. The new status allows Prague to request a full or partial exemption from participation in the solidarity mechanism, which is part of the EU's migration and visa agreement and is designed to help countries experiencing significant migration pressure: partners can accept some asylum seekers, allocate money or provide other support. Prague has not yet announced whether it will exercise the right of exclusion. EU countries choose specific forms of participation in the mechanism independently. The decision is explained by the fact that the Czech Republic received a large number of refugees from Ukraine. At the same time, the country was included for the first time in the list of countries under immigration pressure that will receive priority access to the European Union's migration management instruments.