Displaced people from Ukraine deserve a future

Caritas Europa co-signed a joint statement to call on EU lawmakers to provide future-proof solutions for people displaced from Ukraine.

We join 130 organisations calling on the EU to act now to ensure people who have fled Ukraine have legal options to stay in the EU once temporary protection ends. The hosting Member States must secure continued access to European rights and inclusion. Though temporary protection is set to end in March 2025, the EU has not yet offered any harmonised proposals for the transition out of TPD for people displaced from Ukraine. This is creating uncertainty for some 4.3 million current temporary protection holders who risk becoming undocumented and losing access to rights, protection and other essential services,

We call on the Member States and the EU to propose timely, coordinated, and collective post-temporary protection solutions for the transition out of temporary protection. Moreover, people who have fled Ukraine, as well as the NGOs and civil society working with them on a daily basis, should be consulted and included in this process.

If new measures cannot be taken in time, a further extension of temporary protection – as is currently under discussion – would be a vital decision to ensure continued access to residence
status and rights.