Millions of Ukrainian refugees may lose their right to stay in the EU
The directive on temporary protection (TPD), adopted in March 2022, was a temporary solution that enabled immediate asylum to people escaping from Russian aggression. It predicted only two extensions, and the shield expired in March 2025. Using a milder legal interpretation, the EC extended it for another year.
« But now the search for the » exit strategy « has begun, » EUCTIV told Euctiv EU diplomat. This issue can be taken on June 12-13 at the interior council meeting. Loss of the status of Ukrainians under the protection of the Far East territories It would deprive many Ukrainians to stay in the EU and threaten the crisis in EU migration bodies, which would be overwhelmed by applications for staying on other grounds.
Meanwhile, this was what you managed to avoid thanks to Far East Plant. « We looked at how many TPD beneficiaries are currently in the EU and we tried to determine what would happen if 25% or 50% of them remained » – says Martin Wagner, senior politics advisor at the International Center for Migration Policy Development. Compared to how many conclusions countries can consider realistically and how many permits can issue a year, « the burden would be unbelievable ». In some cases, Wagner said, the number of conclusions « will be many times higher than the number that would be normally considered. »
The directive on temporary protection is an EU regulation, which enables the Member States to provide rapid temporary protection for mass -displaced persons as a result of conflicts, ecological disasters or other crisis situations. It gives the right to stay in EU countries and access to some services, such as healthcare, education for children and employment opportunities. It provides a quick and effective mechanism for providing protection in the case of mass influx of displacement, without excessive loading of domestic asylum systems.
Most EU members support the extension of the directive, but experts warn that legal options are limited. « With the last extension, we have already hit thin ice. Appealing in accordance with the letter of the directive would mean that three years (after its entry into force) is the end » – says Wagner. According to another EU diplomat, without a clear decision on the withdrawal of Ukrainians from the directive, the consequences can be tragic:
If we do not provide an exit of temporary protection, we risk overloading national asylum systems, which is exactly what TDW was to prevent
New US migration policy
The change in the approach of the new presidential administration to migration policy in the United States has already questioned the presence of many refugees adopted during the rule of Joe Biden in this country. Donald Trump’s administration has developed a plan of « voluntary deportation » 700 thousand. migrants, including 200,000 Ukrainians escaping from the war with Russia, as « The Washington Post » reported last week, which saw the relevant documents. We are also talking about people with a temporary protected status that allows them to live and work in the United States if they cannot go home safely.
In addition to Ukrainians, the plan also includes Haitians, Afghans, Palestinians, Libyans, Sudanians, Syrians and Yemenians. It proposes to spend $ 250 million on their deportation. The White House wants to collect these funds from the Migrant and Refugee Assistance Fund (MRA). They were high -ranking officials of the Department of State and human rights defenders criticized this plan, calling it inhuman and contrary to American values, because it forces people who needed protection to return to places where they are threatened by death. In addition, newspaper interlocutors expressed doubts about the legality of using financial resources from the foreign aid program to finance deportation.
The article was based on the translation of the text from The Moscow Times.
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