EU Home Affairs Commissioner Ylva Johansson briefed the European Parliament’s Committee on Civil Liberties on Wednesday 16 March on the implementation of the 2001 directive on immediate temporary protection, which was activated by EU interior ministers on 3 March for refugees from Ukraine.
With more than 3 million people already in the EU, including more than 1.7 million in Poland, 600,000 in Romania and 200,000 in Slovakia, the Commissioner said she would present guidelines on 17 March to...