Police officers detained 85 illegal warehouse workers of Rohlik.cz online grocery shop during the raid. Almost all of the detainees are Ukrainian nationals, according to Radio Liberty.
The Prague Police Department for Foreigners decided to deport 74 people, while 11 people are undergoing administrative procedures.
According to Tomas Hulan, spokesperson for the Prague Police, this is the most massive detention of illegal workers connected with a single company.
Read alsoUkraine may obtain visa lib before midsummer – Presidential AdministrationRohlik.cz declares it did not violate the law because the country's legislation allows foreigners from non-EU countries with the right to work in other EU member states to work in the Czech Republic for a short period of time. However, this requires a clear fulfillment of the condition that a foreign employer must send such an employee on a business trip to another country.
