Temporary Protection Directive

Directive 2001/55/EC
European Union directive
Title	Council Directive on minimum standards for giving temporary protection in the event of a mass influx of displaced persons and on measures promoting a balance of efforts between Member States in receiving such persons and bearing the consequences thereof
Made by	Council
Made under	Art. 63(2) TEC
Journal reference	L 212, 7.8.2001, p. 12–23
History
Date made	20 July 2001
Came into force	7 August 2001
Other legislation
Amends	—
Replaced by	—
	Current legislation

The Temporary Protection Directive (TPD; Council Directive 2001/55/EC) is a 2001 European Union directive providing for immediate, temporary protection for displaced people from outside the external border of the Union, intended to be used in exceptional circumstances when the regular EU asylum system has trouble handling a "mass influx" of refugees.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4] It was introduced in the aftermath of the Yugoslav Wars, but was not used before 2022.^[1]^[5] When invoked, it requires EU member states to accept refugees as allocated based on their capacity to host them, following a principle of solidarity and a "balance of efforts" among member states.^[2]^[6]^[7]

On 3 March 2022, in response to the refugee crisis caused by the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, EU ministers unanimously agreed to invoke the Temporary Protection Directive for the first time in its history.^[5]

^ ^a ^b "EU debates granting temporary protection to refugees from Ukraine". POLITICO. 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference euronews could the EU use an old was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "Temporary protection". ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
^ Mence, Victoria; Parrinder, Alex (2017). "Environmentally related international migration: Policy challenges". A Long Way to Go. ANU Press. pp. 317–342. ISBN 978-1-76046-177-5. JSTOR j.ctt20krxxh.20. Archived from the original on 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-02-28.
^ ^a ^b Liboreiro, Jorge (3 March 2022). "EU agrees to trigger never-used law to host Ukrainian refugees". euronews. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
^ Cite error: The named reference The North African Revolutions Richey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Liboreiro, Jorge (28 February 2022). "Brussels will apply a never-used EU law to host Ukrainian refugees". euronews. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

[politico_EU_debates_granting_temporary_protection_to_refugees_from_Ukraine-1] "EU debates granting temporary protection to refugees from Ukraine". POLITICO. 27 February 2022. Archived from the original on 27 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[euronews_could_the_EU_use_an_old-2] Cite error: The named reference euronews could the EU use an old was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[ec.europa.eu_temporary_protection-3] "Temporary protection". ec.europa.eu. Archived from the original on 19 January 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.

[Mence_Environmentally_related_international-4] Mence, Victoria; Parrinder, Alex (2017). "Environmentally related international migration: Policy challenges". A Long Way to Go. ANU Press. pp. 317–342. ISBN 978-1-76046-177-5. JSTOR j.ctt20krxxh.20. Archived from the original on 2022-02-28. Retrieved 2022-02-28.

[EU_agrees_to_trigger_never-used_law_to_host_Ukrainian_refugees-5] Liboreiro, Jorge (3 March 2022). "EU agrees to trigger never-used law to host Ukrainian refugees". euronews. Retrieved 3 March 2022.

[The_North_African_Revolutions_Richey-6] Cite error: The named reference The North African Revolutions Richey was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[euronews_Brussels_will_apply_a_never-used_EU_law_to_host_Ukrainian_refugees-7] Liboreiro, Jorge (28 February 2022). "Brussels will apply a never-used EU law to host Ukrainian refugees". euronews. Retrieved 1 March 2022.

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