Content of International Protection

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OPU

The Chapter: Content of International Protection in Czechia contains sections on:

A. Status and residence

1. Residence permit
2. Civil registration
3. Long-term residence
4. Naturalisation
5. Cessation and review of protection status
6. Withdrawal of protection status

B. Family reunification

1. Criteria and conditions
2. Status and rights of family members

C. Movement and mobility

1. Freedom of movement
2. Travel documents

D. Housing

E. Employment and education

1. Access to the labour market
2. Access to education

F. Social welfare

G. Health care

The MoI issued a national Policy on Integration of Foreigners in 2016. Every year, guidelines for the implementation of this policy are being issued (available here). The Guidelines include definition of priorities of integration, measures to achieve the priorities, determination of the responsible ministries and budget allocation. Beneficiaries of international protection are part of the target group, although they are not subject to all the measures.

There is also a State Integration Program (Státní integrační program) dedicated specifically to the beneficiaries of international protection.^[1] It is carried out by the RFA (Správa uprchlických zařízení) in cooperation with non-governmental organisations and financed by the government. All beneficiaries of international protection can enter the program within one year after granting of international protection. The program supports the beneficiaries in six areas: housing, employment, education, social system, health care, and orientation in the society. A basic Czech language course is also part of the program.

After being granted international protection, the beneficiary receives written information on his status and rights.^[2]

At the end of 2025 there were 1,371 recognised refugees in the Czech Republic, most of them from Myanmar, Afghanistan, Russian Federation and Belarus; and 1 139 beneficiaries of temporary protection, most of them from Ukraine and Syria.^[3]

^[1] Information about the SIP is available here.

^[2] The information in Czech is available here.

^[3] For detailed numbers see Ministry of the Interior of the Czech Republic, Department for Asylum and Migration Policy, INTERNATIONAL PROTECTION IN THE CZECH REPUBLIC: annual statistical overview, available here, pages 9 – 10.