Czech authorities have granted permanent residency for 140 people of Czech origin, with 35 landing today at Prague's Vaclav Havel Airport aboard a government passenger jet.
"Welcome home," President Milos Zeman told them. "May you like it here."
The government is providing financial support and fully covering a half-year stay in a hotel in the southern Czech Republic. In cooperation with a Catholic charity, authorities will help them find a place to live and work.