The EU’s Temporary Protection Directive as a solution to Europe’s refugee crisis

Europe’s attempts to deal with the influx of people attempting to cross its southern borders was one of the key issues throughout 2015. Olga Mitrovic writes that while various proposals have been made for addressing the crisis, the use of an existing mechanism – the EU’s Temporary Protection Directive – has so far received relatively little attention. She argues that offering temporary protection, as the EU did during the Balkan refugee crises in the 1990s, offers a clear solution to the current situation.

ESO: Background information: EU Migratory Challenge: Possible Responses To The Refugee Crisis http://www.europeansources.info/record/eu-migratory-challenge-possible-responses-to-the-refugee-crisis/

ESO: Background information: The Missing Piece in the European Agenda on Migration: the Temporary Protection Directive http://www.europeansources.info/record/the-missing-piece-in-the-european-agenda-on-migration-the-temporary-protection-directive/

European Commission: DG Migration and Home Affairs: Asylum: Temporary protection https://ec.europa.eu/home-affairs/what-we-do/policies/asylum/temporary-protection_en

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