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No more passports for able-bodied men abroad. This is how the Ukrainian government reacts to the lack of soldiers in its army and wants to call hundreds of thousands of men back to their homeland. The Czech Republic will probably lose a large number of workers.
The Ukrainian government has adopted a law that changes the rules of residence for Ukrainians abroad. Ukrainian consulates will stop issuing passports to combat-fit men. The exception will be those who want to return to Ukraine.
“Men between the ages of 18 and 59 living abroad will not be able to extend the validity of their passports or obtain new ones,” the agency informed . Passports will now only be available on the territory of Ukraine.
“If someone thinks that while one is fighting far at the front and risking his life for this state, and the other remains abroad, but uses the services of this state, then it doesn’t work like that,” Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said on the X social network on social network X.
“Staying abroad does not relieve a citizen of his obligations towards his homeland. That’s why I am yesterday (on Monday – editor’s note) ordered measures to restore fair access to men of military age in Ukraine and abroad. It will be fair,” added the Ukrainian minister.
Protecting the rights and interests of Ukrainian citizens abroad has always been and remains a priority for the MFA. At the same time, under the circumstances of Russia’s full-scale aggression, the main priority is to protect our Homeland from destruction.
How it looks like now:…
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) April 23, 2024
The regulation will also affect tens of thousands of Ukrainians in the territory of the Czech Republic. “If they do not have a valid passport, they cannot apply for an extension of their current stay,” Klára Boumová, coordinator of aid to migrants within the Charity CR, told TV Nova.
Even men who started working for us before the outbreak of war and have an employee card will not be able to ask the Ministry to extend their stay, as they will not have a valid passport. “If they return to Ukraine, in most cases they will not be able to travel back,” Boumová added, adding that “it will bring complications to us, as the Czech Republic, because the workers will leave.”
If the police detain a Ukrainian without a valid document, he will face a fine of up to 5,000 crowns and deportation. TV Nova was told by the spokesman of the foreign police, Josef Urban.
According to Kyiv Post the law will not apply to fathers with many children (with the exception of those who owe alimony), unmarried and adoptive fathers, as well as those whose relatives were killed in the defense of Ukraine or are missing.
For example, the Polish government has already announced that it will help Ukraine bring back men of military age to the country. Polish Defense Minister Wladyslaw Kosiniak-Kamysz told the agency on Wednesday .
Watch TV Nova’s report from Wednesday about the rising war tensions in the world:
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