The operation of tents for emergency overnight stays of refugees from Ukraine at the Regional Assistance Center for Aid to Ukraine (KACPU) in Prague's Vysočany quarter is all in order, according to the Deputy Mayor of the Prague 9 Municipal Department Adam Vážanský (Civic Democratic Party - ODS), who informed the Czech News Agency (ČTK) that the facility is fine after visiting it yesterday. The Mayor of Prague 9, Tomáš Portlík (ODS), had previously said the management of Prague 9 had asked the city council to remove the tents near the center in which Romani refugees from Ukraine are now living.
The Mayor of Prague 9 said problems had arisen near the tents. Vážanský has now told ČTK that Mayor Portlík's statements involved a "misunderstanding".
According to Vážanský, the mayor was speaking about two tents that have been removed over the last few days. The KACPU in Prague has been located in a building on Freyova Street since 14 April.
"The director of the Prague Fire Brigade, Luděk Prudil, welcomed the Deputy Mayor of Prague 9 Vážanský there today, showed him the tents for emergency accommodations, and no reproach was heard," Martin Kavka, a spokesperson for the Prague Fire Brigade, told ČTK. Firefighters are involved in the KACPU operations countrywide.
