SAFE, BUT UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF UNCERTAINTY. TEMPORARY PROTECTION STATUS FOR DISPLACED UKRAINIANS AFTER 4 MARCH 2025
SAFE, BUT UNDER THE UMBRELLA OF UNCERTAINTY. TEMPORARY PROTECTION STATUS FOR DISPLACED UKRAINIANS AFTER 4 MARCH 2025

Summary/Abstract: The outbreak of the military aggression committed by the Russian Federation against Ukraine on 24 February 2022 and the attempt by millions of people to flee the war and seek protection on the territory of the Member States forced the European Union to activate for the first time (4 March 2022) Council Directive 2001/55/EC of 20 July 2001 on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof. The temporary protection regime granted to Ukrainians fleeing the invasion has been extended successively (2023 and 2024) for the maximum duration of 3 years allowed by the Directive, which gives people in need a secure current framework but also reveals future uncertainties. 4 May 2025 marks the end of the period of application of the temporary protection regime. This study aims to identify the advantages of the temporary protection system, how it has been transposed into Member States' legislation, in particular in Romania, and potential solutions to the prospect of Ukrainian citizens attempting to regularise their stay in the EU after 4 May 2025, obviously if the conflict in Ukraine does not end by then.

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