Crises Mechanism and Temporary Protection
The War in Ukraine and Effects on Hungary
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https://doi.org/10.57947/qrp.v64i2.218Keywords:
Hungary, Ukraine, EU, temporary protection, rightsAbstract
The European Union has recently been confronted with a series of crises, with the war in Ukraine serving as a recent illustration of this pattern. The refugee crisis of 2015 and its subsequent years-long aftermath was followed by the health crisis caused by the pandemic of Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2). The repercussions of the virus have also persisted for an extended duration, and the EU had only recently begun to recuperate from it when hostilities erupted in its immediate vicinity, leading to a refugee crisis on the scale of that witnessed in 2015. In response, the European Union utilized a crisis management instrument not previously employed during the 2015 refugee crisis: the provision of Temporary Protection (TP), which entails the issuance of residence permits for refugees fleeing Ukraine. The present study assesses the legal framework of the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive and the dynamics that shape the protection offered by Hungary.
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