"Our proposal provides that temporary protection should not be granted to newly arriving persons who are not allowed to leave Ukraine because of their military obligations," said Magnus Brunner, the European commissioner for internal affairs and migration, while announcing proposed changes to European protective status for Ukrainians on Friday.
Protection status for Ukrainians as such should remain in place, said Brunner at a meeting of EU interior ministers in Luxembourg in early June, though new conditions could apply.
Blanket temporary protection granted without review
Ukrainians forced to flee their country as a result of Russia's invasion of their homeland have enjoyed temporary protection status in the EU since March 2022.
That status is set to end in early March 2027, and must now be extended before it expires. The difference between this status and asylum is that the protection is temporary and those entering the bloc are not subject to individual case-by-case review.
