PRAGUE (Reuters) – The Czech Republic’s costs for handling the influx of refugees from Ukraine this year are estimated at 2 billion euros ($2.17 billion), Finance Minister Zbynek Stanjura said on Friday.
The country has issued 272,000 special visas to Ukrainian refugees as of April 7, the interior ministry said.
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(Reporting by Robert Muller; Editing by Andrew Heavens)