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EU Commission proposes extension of temporary protection and coordinated transition for Ukrainians in the EU

04/06/2025

On 4 June 2025, the European Commission proposed extending temporary protection for displaced persons fleeing the conflict in Ukraine until 4 March 2027. The proposal aims to provide legal certainty to beneficiaries and Member States by maintaining a consistent standard of protection across the European Union. Additionally, the Commission proposed a set of measures to facilitate a coordinated transition out of temporary protection.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Ukraine
displaced person
beneficiary of temporary protection
legal status
voluntary return
reintegration

Ad Hoc Query on support measures for beneficiaries of temporary protection

28/05/2025

This ad hoc query explores the types of support measures provided by EMN Member Countries to beneficiaries of temporary protection (BoTP), including accommodation, financial aid, administrative and logistical services, and medical care. It also examines the eligibility criteria for these measures, the differences from support offered to applicants for international protection (AIPs), and whether entitlements continue for BoTP who are employed. 

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
beneficiary of temporary protection
support measures
accommodation
financial aid
medical care

EMN Estonia Conference: Beyond Temporary: Building for the Future

08/04/2025

The conference will explore the future of Ukrainian displaced persons beyond temporary protection and will bring together policymakers, experts, and stakeholders to discuss strategies for policy transitions, address employment related integration challenges, share best practices, and examine the role of the diaspora in supporting long-term solutions.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Type:
Event
Keywords:
beneficiary of temporary protection
Ukraine

Migrant Education Policy Index (SIRIUS - Migration Policy Group)

01/05/2025

The 2025 SIRIUS Migrant Education Policy Index introduces a novel framework for evaluating inclusive education policies across 15 EU Member States. Structured around seven key dimensions, the Index highlights existing disparities and effective practices in supporting migrant learners. It underscores the urgent need for systemic reforms to ensure equitable and high-quality education for all students, regardless of migration background. The report advocates for a learner-centred approach prioritising structural flexibility, cultural and linguistic inclusion, and coordinated policy interventions.

Theme:
Integration
Student Migration
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
education policy
Migrant education
migrant student
undocumented student

Ad Hoc Query on voluntary return of Ukrainian beneficiaries of temporary protection

07/03/2025

This ad hoc query examines the voluntary return procedures for Ukrainian nationals granted temporary protection in EU Member States, focusing on the support provided for their return and reintegration. The aim is to understand the various national approaches to facilitating voluntary returns, including whether reintegration assistance is offered and how these programmes are funded.

 

Theme:
Temporary protection
Return & Readmission
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
beneficiary of temporary protection
voluntary return
reintegration
Ukraine

Belgium has issued temporary protection certificates to over 93.000 Ukrainians since early 2022

24/02/2025

Since the start of the war in Ukraine, Belgium has granted temporary protection to 93.343 Ukrainians, with a sharp decline beginning in 2023 and continuing into 2024 and early 2025. As the number of arrivals has slowed and the focus shifts to integration efforts, both the Flemish and Walloon governments plan to gradually reduce reception capacity for beneficiaries of temporary protection in the coming months.

Theme:
Data & Statistics
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
temporary protection
beneficiary of temporary protection
accommodation

EMN Finland Conference: Between integration and return: Employment and integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection in Finland and Europe

18/10/2024

The 2024 national conference of EMN Finland shall examine the state of play as well as the future prospects of the situation of Ukrainians in Finland and in EU countries. The conference aims to address the challenges of integration in a situation where beneficiaries of temporary protection find themselves between two countries. The conference seeks to support these persons in the limbo between integration and return.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Return & Readmission
Type:
Event
Keywords:
beneficiary of temporary protection
Ukraine
legal status
voluntary return

Application of the Temporary Protection Directive: challenges and good practices in 2023

26/11/2024

The European Migration Network (EMN) study looks at whether EMN Member Countries implemented any changes in the application of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) in 2023 (as compared to 2022) and also aims to identify continued challenges, as well as good practices.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Thematic Studies
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
beneficiary of temporary protection
residence permit
access to rights
vulnerability

Belgium has granted temporary protection status to 1600 unaccompanied minors fleeing Ukraine since March 2022

08/11/2024

Eurostat released data on unaccompanied minors granted temporary protection in 21 EU Member States and all EFTA countries between March 2022 and September 2024. Austria, the Netherlands and Lithuania have granted the most temporary protection statuses, in absolute terms, to unaccompanied minors since March 2022. Belgium has granted temporary protection status to 1600 unaccompanied minors during the same period.

Theme:
Data & Statistics
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
temporary protection
beneficiary of temporary protection
unaccompanied minors
Ukraine

Practices and challenges in identifying victims of torture and ill-treatment in the context of international and temporary protection (EMN - Red Cross Inform)

16/09/2024

In collaboration with the Red Cross EU Office and the Swedish Red Cross, this Inform provides an overview of EMN Member and Observer Countries’ guidance and training on early detection and identification of presumed victims of torture or other forms of inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment in international protection procedures. It outlines procedural safeguards and guidance for asylum authorities when requesting medico-legal documentation in international protection applications, and it also details practices for identifying victims among beneficiaries of temporary protection to provide medical care, in line with the Temporary Protection Directive.

 

Theme:
Vulnerable groups
International Protection
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
victim
torture
ill-treatment
applicant for international protection
beneficiary of temporary protection
Training
medico-legal documentation
mental health
credibility assessment

Refugee students start a master's degree at the KU Leuven and UCL Louvain as part of the EU Passworld programme

02/09/2024

Students, who were originally from Syria and Congo before becoming refugees in Egypt and Uganda, have the opportunity to start this new academic year in Belgian universities thanks to the legal and sustainable migration pathway offered by the university corridors. 

Theme:
Student Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
university corridor
legal pathway
refugee

Ad Hoc Query on national statuses for persons fleeing the war in Ukraine

30/08/2024

This ad hoc query examines whether EMN Member Countries provide alternative legal statuses, aside from temporary protection, for persons fleeing the war in Ukraine within their national legislation and explores whether these statuses grant certain rights beyond temporary protection. Additionally, it considers whether EMN Member Countries have plans to create and offer beneficiaries of temporary protection a more permanent status, other than international protection, before the expiration of temporary protection.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
temporary protection
Ukraine
national status
residence permit

Ad Hoc Query on applications for temporary protection by persons with dual nationality

25/08/2024

This ad hoc query examines whether EMN Member and Observer Countries have provisions in their current legislation that allow for the refusal of an application for temporary protection by a Ukrainian national solely on the basis that the applicant also holds the nationality of an EU Member State. Additionally, it explores how EMN Member and Observer Countries proceed when they receive such applications.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
temporary protection
dual nationality
Ukraine

The Court of Justice of the EU stresses that the prohibition of abusive practices is a general principle of EU law

29/07/2024

In a judgement from 29 July 2024, the Court of Justice of the EU states that a Member State may reject an abusive application for an authorisation to reside on its territory for the purpose of study, even if it has not correctly transposed the directive that provides for that option.

Theme:
Student Migration
Type:
News item
Keywords:
abusive application
abusive practice
abusive intention
study

Ad Hoc Query on intra-EU mobility for international students (Directive 2016/801)

18/07/2024

This ad hoc query focuses on the implementation of Article 31(2) of Directive 2016/801, which sets out the conditions for notifying mobility of students between two or more EU Member States. The query examines the mobility notification process, existing arrangements in the absence of an official notification process, and the rules applicable to students covered by an EU programme, a multilateral programme involving mobility measures or an agreement between two or more higher education institutions, as opposed to those applicable to students who are not.

Theme:
Student Migration
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
student mobility
notification
mobility agreement

EMN Germany Workhop on Ukrainians in the EU: Accessing rights under the Temporary Protection Directive and the way forward

30/05/2024

The workshop will shed light on the challenges and best practices of the application of the Temporary Protection Directive in Germany, the Netherlands, and Lithuania. The participants will also discuss future scenarios to ensure the continued protection of Ukrainians.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
implementation
Ukraine

EU Commission proposes to extend temporary protection for Ukrainians for another year

11/06/2024

On 11 June 2024, the European Commission proposed to extend the temporary protection for people fleeing Russia's aggression against Ukraine for another year, from 5 March 2025 to 4 March 2026. The Council still needs to formally adopt the proposal.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
temporary protection
Ukraine

EMN and OECD experts discuss the labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine

21/05/2024

During a joint webinar, experts from the European Migration Network and the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development highlighted the positive trends characterizing the labour market integration of Ukrainians, including employment rates and their progress, main sectors of employment, and most common policies and measures for facilitating labour market integration. They also identified the difficulties and remaining challenges in this domain.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
beneficiary of temporary protection
Ukraine
labour market integration
employment rate
language barrier
recognition of qualifications
education
skills recognition

Labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine (EMN - OECD Inform)

21/05/2024

This Inform, jointly produced by the European Migration Network and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development, offers an analysis of employment trends, policy priorities, and measures aimed at facilitating the integration of displaced individuals from Ukraine into host countries' labour markets. 

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Informs
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine
beneficiary of temporary protection
employment
self-employment
employment rate
education
language barrier
skills recognition
labour market integration
recognition of qualifications

EMN-OECD Webinar on the labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine

13/05/2024

This webinar will showcase key findings from the new joint EMN-OECD Inform on the "Labour market integration of beneficiaries of temporary protection from Ukraine". These findings will be contextualised by drawing insights from other international organisations and highlighting specific approaches and measures adopted by different host countries.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Type:
Event
Keywords:
labour market integration
beneficiary of temporary protection
Ukraine

The emergency village built two years ago in Mechelen for Ukrainians will shortly be closed

06/04/2024

The Flemish Red Cross confirmed that the emergency village built in Mechelen in May 2022 for Ukrainians will close its doors in a few months. The rental contracts expire at the end of June 2024 and the Flemish Red Cross wants to help the 319 people still staying there find sustainable housing by then.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
temporary protection
Ukraine
emergency village

MPI Europe Webinar: Ukrainians in the EU: What is next after the Temporary Protection Directive?

29/02/2024

On the occasion of the second anniversary of the activation of the TPD, this Migration Policy Institute Europe webinar will discuss what will happen when the TPD expires in a year’s time. The findings from comparative research in Latin America, Turkey, and Europe on approaches to temporary status and the arc of public support for displaced persons will also be presented.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Type:
Event
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine

About 1 in 4 Ukrainians registered with the VDAB is working

19/02/2024

Of the 14.779 Ukrainian refugees registered with the VDAB, 45 percent (6.599) have already worked and 27 percent (4.045) are still working. Some argue that more should be done to guide them into work, inter alia encouraging language learning in the workplace.

Theme:
Integration
Temporary protection
Type:
News item
Keywords:
Ukraine
employment rate
labour market access
language barrier

Ad Hoc Query on fostering self-reliance of the beneficiaries of temporary protection

08/02/2024

This ad hoc query identifies which EMN Member and Observer Countries promote self-reliance of beneficiaries of temporary protection by paying a one-off lump sum to cover the initial costs associated with their transition from the temporary collective housing to regular private housing. In addition, it addresses the control mechanisms in place to prevent misuse and ensure the efficiency of the system.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Ad Hoc Queries
Keywords:
temporary protection
housing
self-reliance

Transitioning out of the Temporary Protection Directive (ECRE)

07/02/2024

This policy paper outlines the key principles that should be applied in the development and implementation of exit strategies from the current Temporary Protection (TP) regime for people displaced from Ukraine, which is currently valid until March 2025. The new paper also provides an analysis of the main options available to the EU and individual states.

Theme:
Temporary protection
Publication type:
Report
Keywords:
Temporary Protection Directive
Ukraine

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