On Thursday 3 March, EU home affairs ministers from the EU27 approved the activation of the 2001 directive on the immediate temporary protection of Ukrainian refugees and their families.
This is “a historic agreement”, said French Interior Minister Gérald Darmanin and EU Commissioner Ylva Johansson, as the directive, adopted after the wars in the former Yugoslavia, has never been used.
The protection offered by the directive will cover all Ukrainian nationals and their families as well...