A directive granting residency and aid is set to expire in 2027, as countries struggle to sustain millions of immigrants
The EU is unlikely to extend its temporary protection scheme for Ukrainian immigrants beyond its current expiry date, the bloc’s special envoy, Ylva Johansson, has indicated.
Brussels activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) shortly after the conflict between Ukraine and Russia escalated in early 2022. The directive provides a wide range of benefits, including residence permits, housing, access to jobs, education, healthcare, financial aid, and social services.
Although the scheme was initially due to expire in March 2025, the European Commission last year extended it until March 2027 while beginning preparations for its eventual phase-out.
“I would be very surprised if temporary protection were prolonged as it is,” Johansson, the European Commission’s special envoy for Ukrainians in the EU, said on Wednesday, as quoted by Euroactiv. “Five years is enough for temporary protection,” she added.
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