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EU members welcome proposal to extend temporary protection for Ukrainian refugees
As long as bombs are falling in Ukraine, situation there is not safe,' says Belgian state secretary for asylum and migration
Burak Bir |
14.06.2024 - Update : 14.06.2024
Ukrainians are seen in front of the mobile passport office in Krakow, Poland on September 29, 2022.
LONDON
European Council has welcomed the proposal to extend the temporary protection for more than 4 million Ukrainian refugees until March 4, 2026.
In a statement, Nicole de Moor, the Belgian state secretary for asylum and migration, said the EU members renewed solidarity and decided that they will continue to offer protection to the Ukrainian people in the EU.
"As long as bombs are falling in Ukraine, the situation there is not safe," she said on Thursday.
The temporary protection mechanism was initiated on March 4, 2022, a few days after Russia's war in Ukraine began.
According to the EU, the extension does not change the decision of March 2022 in terms of the categories of persons to whom the temporary protection applies.
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