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EMN Germany workshop: refugees from Ukraine in the EU ,
from top left to right: Ąžuolas Bagdonas, EMN Lithuania, Sandra van Lint, Ministry of Justice and Security of the Netherlands, Dr. Jan Schneider, Expert Council for Integration and Migration (SVR), who moderated the EMN workshop, Friederike Alm (BAMF Research Center), Dr. Axel Kreienbrink, director of the BAMF Research Centre, Philipp Heiermann and Kaan Atanisev (both BAMF Research Centre).
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On June 12, 2024, the German national contact point of the European Migration Network (EMN) hosted an online workshop on the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for refugees from Ukraine. The workshop shed light on the challenges and best practices of applying TPD in Germany, the Netherlands and Lithuania. Over 100 participants, including policy-makers, researchers and refugees from Ukraine, took part in the event.
While the objectives of the TPD were to ensure direct protection and access to housing, the labor market, healthcare, education, social assistance and welfare across the EU, its actual implementation differed significantly amongst Member States. To discuss this, Kaan Atanisev and Philipp Heiermann, researchers at the BAMF Research Center, began by presenting the results of the German EMN study on TPD. Sandra von van Lint from the Dutch Ministry of Justice and Security and Ąžuolas Bagdonas of the EMN national contact point in Lithuania proceeded to report on the implementation of the TPD in their respective countries.
Dr. Axel Kreienbrink, head of the BAMF Research Center
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The subsequent discussion focused primarily on questions about future access to residency for refugees from Ukraine. The divergent results of Ukrainian refugees' integration into the respective labor markets of the Member States was also discussed. Ultimately, participants repeatedly pointed to the difficult situation of vulnerable refugees who are unable to participate in the labor market due to their age or physical limitations. The discussants agreed that this group should be considered in discussions of access to residency in the future.
As Dr. Axel Kreienbrink, head of the BAMF Research Center, summarized after the event: "The EMN workshop reiterated the immense value of European exchange on current challenges in migration policy. Through this forum we can learn from each other and understand which migration policy measures are successful."