Editorials / Op-eds | European Council on Refugees and Exiles (ECRE)

OP-ED: The EU is stretching the limits of the Temporary Protection Directive beyond 2025, but is it enough?

14th June 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Viktoryia Vaitovich Following the unprecedented EU response to the displacement from Ukraine with the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) for the first time in March 2022, the generally very positive approach to a refugee crisis has now taken a...

OP-ED: Two years since the triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive: The dilemma of unity over fragmentation for the transitioning phase

1st March 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Viktoryia Vaitovich Two years after the first-ever triggering of the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD) – a collective and unanimous move to provide safety and immediate access to rights to those displaced by the war in Ukraine – the EU and its member states (MS)...

Editorial: All Pact-ed up and ready to go: EU asylum law reforms

16th February 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Catherine Woollard The start of the year has seen decisions on the Pact, the reform of EU asylum law, but not much can change now in terms of the content of the reform. The focus needs to shift to implementation and alternatives. Decisions, decisions The recent and...

OP-ED: Revision of the long-term EU budget: What implications for migration and asylum policy 2024-2027?

15th February 2024 | Editorials / Op-eds, News

By Chiara Catelli After many months of complicated negotiations and a failed attempt to find a deal in December, the European Council (EUCO) finally adopted a revision of the EU’s long-term budget (the so-called ‘Multiannual Financial Framework’ (MFF) 2021-2027’) at...