The historic move of refugees coming into Europe after fleeing the struggle in Ukraine could not even be a disaster, in line with the EU Commissioner in control of migration.
Ylva Johansson, the European Commissioner for House Affairs, was chatting with Euronews concerning the Short-term Safety Directive, which was activated for the primary time ever inside days of Russia launching its full-scale invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. It permits Ukrainians escaping Russia's aggression to reside within the bloc till March 2024.
Its success, Johansson mentioned, means the move of as many as 4 million Ukrainian refugees coming into Europe was not essentially a disaster.
"I believe it [Temporary Protection Directive] has confirmed that it really works," she mentioned.
"I imply, simply think about, in case you evaluate 2015, for instance, folks had been fleeing the struggle in Syria and the EU didn't activate the Short-term Safety Directive that existed already then, but it surely was not activated and that left us additionally in a scenario the place we had been very a lot divided on the difficulty of migration and refugees and asylum, and quite a lot of asylum methods had been actually clogged up with quite a lot of asylum functions. There have been lengthy ready instances.
"Now, after all, there are challenges. I cannot deny that, however I believe we're coping with this refugee disaster in a a lot, a lot better means. Possibly it's not even a disaster, though it's the largest variety of refugees because the Second World Struggle.
She added that regardless of many issues nonetheless present for Ukrainian folks in Europe, resembling with housing and employment, the Short-term Safety Directive ought to be thought-about a hit.
"Now we have quite a lot of challenges. I imply, we're internet hosting 4 million Ukrainian refugees. That is actually an enormous, big problem, after all, for the entire of Europe and particularly for these member states which might be most affected, just like the Czech Republic, Estonia, Poland, but additionally Germany," she informed Euronews.
"However I believe actually to have a perspective, if anyone had requested me one yr in the past earlier than the struggle broke out, will you have the ability to handle 4 million new refugees in addition to we've got accomplished this, I believe only a few would have been answered positively, with none hesitation. So, bearing in mind the large challenges, I believe that the achievements are actually nice."
Marta Jaroszewicz from the Centre of Migration Analysis in Warsaw mentioned that Brussels should have a look at the difficulty with an extended view.
“Migrants are roughly tailored (to life in Europe), proper, however now, there is a matter of their entry to labour market, large issues of residences," Jaroszewicz informed Euronews.
"That is the time that we have to consider a extra long-term technique."
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