Global Asylum Governance and the European Union’s Role
What are the characteristics and impacts of emerging international and European Union (EU) asylum governance regimes, and what are their policy implications on the EU’s role in implementing the United Nations Global Compact on Refugees (UN GCR), which calls for more equitable and effective arrangements for responsibility sharing? This is an especially pressing question as […]
The Declaration on a Voluntary Solidarity Mechanism and EU Asylum Policy
Policy debates on solidarity in EU asylum policy have been shaken by large-scale arrivals from Ukraine since the Russian invasion in February 2022. The unprecedented decision to grant temporary protection to displaced people from Ukraine, with the associated right for beneficiaries to move freely across Member States, has laid bare the structural inadequacies of the […]
The EU grants temporary protection for people fleeing war in Ukraine
More than two million people have fled Ukraine since Russia’s invasion began on 24 February 2022. To respond to the sudden large-scale displacement from Ukraine, the 2001 EU Temporary Protection Directive has been activated for the first time. This paper examines the key issues and questions raised by the EU’s temporary protection regime to people fleeing […]