If the war continues in Ukraine, the support of the Czech nation toward refugees from there will not cool down, President Miloš Zeman has told CNN Prima News, and the Czechs will constantly see their suffering. At the same time, Zeman attacked Romani refugees from Ukraine, whom he claimed are "economic refugees". 

Zeman also mentioned that Muslim refugees have been healthy young men, while those fleeing Ukraine are children and women. "The third difference is that, after all, the Ukrainians fall into our cultural circle, not just linguistically, but also because of their Christian roots and the like, while Muslim refugees live in a very different, Islamic culture," he added. 

The Czech President said he expects that the war will end and many Ukrainians will return to theirhomeland. "Because they are not economic migrants, because they are really refugees from war who, under normal conditions, want to live in Ukraine," the Czech President explained his prediction. 

"I would make one little exception here in terms of Romani Ukrainians, I am not sure whether they aren't more economic migrants. However, they are a very minor exception, about two thousand people," Zeman said on Terezie Tománková's program on CNN Prima News.

Link: http://www.romea.cz/en/news/czech/czech-president-calls-romani-refugees-from-ukraine-economic-migrants

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