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Government working to provide housing for 25,000 Ukrainian refugees by the end of May

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By the end of May, the government must find housing for nearly 25,000 Ukrainian refugees who are now staying in hotels. This was what chair of the Agency for Refugees, Mariana Tosheva, said. The end of May is the deadline when Ukrainian refugees should leave hotels for the summer tourist season. 33,000 places have already been provided, but the number of refugees in hotels according to Tosheva is 59,000, reporter Dobromir Videv informed.




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