ICMPD has a long-standing cooperation with Ukraine dating back to 1995. Numerous joint projects were implemented, cooperation is ongoing on multilateral and bilateral levels and in 2021 the ICMPD Kyiv Office was established. ICMPD is thus closely monitoring the developments in Ukraine. Due to the security situation, the ICMPD office has been temporarily closed. The project teams continue their work from other duty stations whenever possible. Below, we are gathering our policy, research, and capacity-building activities to reflect ICMPD's ongoing engagement in Ukraine.
Current ICMPD Projects in Ukraine
- CORE-UA:Comprehensive Resilience Support for Displaced Persons from Ukraine
- EU4IBM-Resilience: EU Support to Strengthening IBM in Ukraine – Resilience
- Link4Skills
- RRR – MFA/SMS: Resilience, Reinforcement and Recovery of Ukrainian Migration and Consular Services
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Dialogues
The Prague Process has hosted a variety of events and published numerous articles on Ukraine. Most recently, the Prague Process published the UA IDP paper, hosted an online conference 'Ensuring the wellbeing of children displaced from Ukraine residing in the EU' with the participation of the Chairwoman of the State Migration Service of Ukraine. The Prague Process Ministerial Conference on 24-25 October 2022, was also attended by the deceased First Deputy Minister Ukraine and Ukraine is at the centre of the Joint Declaration and Action Plan 2023-2027.
Voices of Resilience: How UCCs Support Displaced Ukrainians
The Migration Podcast by ICMPD
7 ways the temporary protection for 4 million Ukrainians in Europe could end
7 ways the temporary protection for 4 million Ukrainians in Europe could end
Only days after Russia’s full-scale military invasion of Ukraine in February 2022, the European Union activated the Temporary Protection Directive (TPD). It effectively provided more than four million displaced Ukrainians protection from the war; legal rights to stay, work, and benefit from social services; as well as support for integration. As its name suggests however, it was always meant to be temporary.
Impressions from the Hungarian-Ukrainian Border 9 March, 2022
- May 2025: Four million people, one crossroads: Charting the future of temporary protection
- 04 March 2025: Phasing out temporary protection? Shaping EU policies through national experiences
- February 2025: Do Russia’s attacks on power infrastructure drive forced migration from Ukraine? (RU)
- July 2024: Impacts of Russia’s War in Ukraine on Migration in Central Asia (RU)
- June 2024: Challenges related to the reception of unaccompanied children from Ukraine in Poland – legal representation issues
- May 2024: Scenarios of War and Forced Migration from Ukraine: How many more Ukrainians could flee if Russia wins? (RU)
- May 2024: Guardianship Solutions and Services for Unaccompanied and Separated Children under Temporary Protection in the EU: The case of Ukrainian children
- March 2024: The Role of Ukrainian Diaspora in Crisis Response, Future Return and Reconstruction of Ukraine: Case Study from Germany, Czech Republic and Poland
- 04 March 2024: Extending temporary protection: It seems most viable, but is it?
- January 2024: Forced Migration from Ukraine: migration scenarios 2.0 (RU)
- September 2023: Creative approaches to boosting the employment of displaced Ukrainians in Central and Eastern Europe
- 04 September 2023: Temporary protection: 18 months in force, 18 to go - and then?
- July 2023: Discussion paper - Responding to displacement from Ukraine: Options to remain when EU temporary protection ends
- 04 July 2023: Temporary protection for Ukrainians in Moldova: Achievements and challenges
- March 2023: Discussion paper - Responding to displacement from Ukraine: Past, present and future policies
- 01 March 2023: The clock is ticking for temporary protection: What comes next?
- 21 February 2023: Displacement, integration, and return: What remote work possibilities for Ukrainians?
- 20 December 2022: Internal Displacement in Ukraine: The Scale and Management Challenges in Times of Uncertainty
- 06 September 2022: Temporary protection in Poland: What solutions for vulnerable groups?
- 18 August 2022: What governments need to know about vulnerability to trafficking among the people fleeing the war in Ukraine for migration policies?
- 05 August 2022: ICMPD Policy Insights Commentary – Ukraine, Moldova, and Georgia have their European prospects confirmed. What does it mean for migration policies?
- 15 June 2022: The war in Ukraine: Post-war scenarios and migration repercussions
- 10 June 2022: The diaspora response to war in Ukraine
- 01 June 2022: Are rural areas across Europe viable destinations for Ukrainian refugee women?
- 10 May 2022: Could disruptions to Eastern European wheat spur displacement in Africa?
- 28 March 2022: Getting Ukrainian refugees into work: The importance of early competence checks
- 08 March 2022: ICMPD Policy Insights Commentary: Integration of Ukrainian refugees: The road ahead (RU, UKR)
- 02 March 2022: ICMPD Policy Insights Commentary: The war in Ukraine and the renaissance of temporary protection - why this might be the only way to go (RU, UKR)
- 28 February 2022: ICMPD Expert Voice: Europe’s Ukrainian refugee crisis: What we know so far (RU, UKR)
Webinars on Ukraine by the SPRING project:
- Housing solutions for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
- Good practices, challenges and opportunities for beneficiaries of Temporary Protection from Ukraine
- Integration of newcomers in and through education
- Fast tracking the labour market integration of people from Ukraine
- Housing solutions for people fleeing the war in Ukraine
Webinar takeaways :
- Expert panel discussed Ukrainians’ Temporary Protection in EU post-2027; with Chancellor Merz opening Café Kyiv to mark four years since the war
- ICMPD opens a Ukrainian Consultation Centre in Düsseldorf
- 7 ways the temporary protection for 4 million Ukrainians in Europe could end
- Building resilience: the Ukrainian Consultation Centres supporting the war-displaced
- ICMPD and Ukraine strengthen cooperation to expand Unity Hubs for displaced Ukrainians
- How does temporality pose difficulties for the labour market participation of displaced Ukrainian women?
- ICMPD Director General meets Ukraine Vice Prime Minister to discuss further cooperation
- ICMPD opens three Ukrainian Consultation Centres in Prague, Berlin and Gdansk
- ICMPD Director General Michael Spindelegger visits Hungarian-Ukrainian Border